Witchcraft and superstitious record in the south-western district of ScotlandWood, J. Maxwell (John Maxwell)
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Witchcraft and superstitious record in the south-western district of Scotland
Wood, J. Maxwell (John Maxwell)
Folklore -- Scotland; Witchcraft -- Scotland
75. The Laird of Lag, by Lieut.-Col. Fergusson, appendices II.
and III., p. 251 227
76. Do. do. p. 144 232
77. Old Church Life in Scotland, by Edgar (2nd series), p. 249 239
78. Memorials of Sanquhar Kirkyard, by Tom Wilson (_Courier
and Herald_, Dumfries) 240
79. Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway, by Agnew, vol. II., p. 164 248
80. Wigtown: Historical and Descriptive Sketches, by Fraser,
p. 208 253
81. Jas. F. Cannon, Esq., Edinburgh, letter from 254
82. Do. do. 256
83. Galloway Gossip, by "Saxon," p. 337 258
84. The Tinkler-Gypsies of Galloway, by M'Cormick, p. 123 263
85. John Copland, Esq., The Studio, Dundrennan, letter from 269
86. Dumfries and Galloway Antiquarian Society, Transactions
of--"Kirkbean Folk-Lore," by Sam. Arnott, Esq. (November,
1894) 274
87. Appendix to the earlier (1774, 1781, 1816) editions of
Howie's Scots Worthies 282
88. John Corrie, Esq., Burnbank, Moniaive, letter from 283
89. Dumfries and Galloway Antiquarian Society, Transactions of
(March 14th, 1902) 293
90. Reminiscences of Thomas Carlyle, by Froude (Longmans, Green
& Co., 1881) 294
91. Poets of Dumfriesshire, by Miller (1910), p. 220 295
92. Dumfries and Galloway Antiquarian Society, Transactions of
(November 18th, 1898) 296
93. Dumfries and Galloway Antiquarian Society, Transactions
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(November 18th, 1896) 297
94. Concerning Certain Apparitions, by Frances M'Laughlin
(_Chambers' Journal_, January 1909) 299
GLOSSARY.
The student of Scots dialect will not always find the quoted
vernacular running through the text quite pure, many words having been
unconsciously modified by a too free use of phonetic spelling.
A
ADDER-STANE, the adder-bead charm.
ADOWE, stir.
AIRLESS, heirless.
AIRT, direction.
ANON, immediately, thereupon.
ASK, newt.
AVA, at all.
AWSOMLY, in fear.
B
BACKGANE, not thriving, wasting.
BAGS, entrails.
BAYILLIS, bailies.
BEES BIZIN', noises in the head caused by alcohol.
BELDAM, an old woman.
BELTANE, the festival of May first.
BEK, bake.
BENISON, prognostication for good.
BENSHEE, a banshee or fairy, really an Irish fairy.
BERRY, thresh.
BESOME, broom.
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