and Haunt

ries which we do not feel

alter

emselves in the form of ghost traditions and memories of ghost-haunted houses,

legend connected with Dunskey Castle, which yet in ruined solitude stands sentinel

becoming much incensed at the outspoken and fearless utterances of an Irish piper whom he had taken prisoner and compelled to

erranean passage leading from the Castle to a cave on the sea-shore, from w

forwards, playing the weirdest of pipe music, and so indicating, as was firmly believed, to

of the Agnews of Galdenoch, but falling on evil days their name disappeared from the roll of proprietors, when it was used as a farm-house. For this,

lowed him to share in the family supper; and after a long crack over the incidents of the day, let him make up a bed by the ingle-side fire. The young soldier rose early, and was in the act of leaving when his host barred his access to the door, g

he went to bed. But hardly had the lights been extinguished in the tower than strange sounds announced a new arrival, which proved

inued to the new tenant and his family. One cold winter's night they sat round the kit

that! abo

e the pri

s mouth when a glowing peat disappeared as if by magic, leaving as clear a vacuum in the fire as when a brick is displaced from a solid archway. 'That beats a',' was re-echoed through the wondering group; and but a few moments elapsed before there was a cry of

t was the surprise of the family at dinner-time when grandmamma was missed. Every corner of the buildings was searched. The goodman and his wife became alarmed, while the lads and lassies ran madly about interrogating one another with '

e united efforts of the company. Eventually, however, it was laid by the Rev. Mr Marshall of Kirkcolm, already ref

tin',"[43] concerning which report tells of an apparition in the form of a headless woman who almost invariably carried a

orwards to Portpatrick to bring supplies for the district. On his way home he was more than once alarmed and troubled by a woman in white, who stopped his horse and even caused his cart to break down. Once, indeed, the horse was so affe

hing to have some substantial barrier between himself and his ghostly lover, stipulated that she should come to the little back-window of his cottage on a particular night. The appointed time came, but the carrier, still very doubtful, had planned accordingly. Cautiously and partially was the window opened. The white figure was there. Bending down to what a

oung lady of the house was plighted to a young gentleman whose fortune was not quite equal to his rank in life. It was the days of privateering, and t

ll into the hands of an unscrupulous brother, who appropriated them to his own use. Perplexed at not receiving news

ed an entry, and the scratch of a ghostly pen was heard writing and rewriting the stolen letters. Different plans were tried to relieve this eerie state of affairs. On one occasion a Bib

which the wanderer pursued his calling as a privateer w

chabrick whose shade haunted the place. He had fallen from his horse and been fatally in

ion on horseback which time and again rode up to the house, made fast the h

the sea-shore. There is an authentic account of the house he occupied being of necessity given up by the ten

ing story of the Devil of Glenluce should naturally find a place. It will, however, be included i

f Claverhouse, and Sir Godfrey M'Culloch, he was appointed to administer the test to the people of Galloway, and was Chief Magistrate at the drowning of the Martyrs on Wigt

ting to the popular mind that the Devil was getting his own, and for long afterwards his ghost, a terrifying figure snorting

arm of Kirkwaugh, is a spot known as the Packm

d the people in the district, fearing that the infection might spread by means of the packman and his cloth, seized both the merchant and his wares, and taking them to Kirkwaugh dug a deep gr

a spectral carriage and pair of horses. The origin of the tradition is unknown, but t

ing when he gathered his tools together and started on his walk to Whithorn, where he lived. It chanced that the farmer by whom he had been employed during the day accompanied him as far as the entr

as that?' ejaculated the smit

hae gotten, although I haena seen't aften. But dinna ye come o

was, however, avoided after darkness fell. A little short lane off the public road, between the north end of Whithorn and the Bishopton Crofts, is associated with an appearance denoting foul play towards a very young child. But the most impor

er was a wood-sawyer, who had occasion to spend a night in the house belonging to the farm. His first consciousness of the ghost's presence was when he was ascending the stair to the sleeping apartment, which a companion and himself were to occupy. This was manifested by the distinct sound of a lady's silk dress passing him and his bed-fellow on their way to the garret which was to be their dormitory. But that, though eerie enough, was nothing to what was to follow. As soon as they had extinguished their candle and crept into bed something leapt on the bed and dealt the unfortunate couple som

in Glasserton parish, so beautifully situated on the very verge of Luce Bay, ha

rashly wagered that he would that very night, and without delay, ride to the Maiden Kirk and bring away the church bible as a proof that he had been there. Amidst much careless talk and banter he galloped off. The night wore on, but the young man did not return. As it was but a short ride from Moure to the Kirk the greatest anxiety prevailed. Next day, in a bleak

of the free-trade as a means of suppressing the traffic. A whisper of the old building being haunted exists, but furthe

tinct periods. The story conveys that the ghost appeared on one occasion by the side of the large arched kitchen fire-place, during the absence of the cook at the well. Much alarmed at the sight on her return she screamed and collapsed. Her master, sceptical

egends and eerie associations that cluster around Mac

ady of Machermore," contributed to the Galloway Gazette some years ag

rail from the south. For wellnigh three hundred years the grey old Castle of Machermore bravely weathered the storms, and it would have continued to do so unscathed had not modern tim

th the name of the White Lady no one has ever actually seen the mysterious being. And yet there are few of the

d, a little to the north-east of the present site, but that during the night the foundation stones were always removed, so that what was built during the day was carried off by uns

the neck was encircled by an exquisitely-chiselled lace ruffle of the Tudor period. This piece of sculpture was always known as Duncan's head. On the floor of Duncan's room there was the mark of a bloody hand, distinctly showing the impress of the fingers, thumb, and palm. It was said that removing that part of the flooring ha

er likely to forget my first and only visit from the White Lady. On that occasion I happened to be the sole occupant of Duncan's room, but as usage had worn off all prejudice

ous presence was near me. I was not in the least frightened at the time. Although wide awake I could see nothing. A peculiar sound resembling the opening and shutting of a stiff drawer now came from the corner of the room where was the impress of the bloody hand. I then sat up in bed and called out, "Who's there? what do you want?" but got no answer. After this I must confess to feeling uncomfortable, a state which changed to something like positive fear as a rustling sound resembling that made by a silk dress passed out of the

ut Machermore Castle there is buried un

Castle and

gold to set a'

evil is exercised no longer in the anc

to Gatehouse, there stood many years ago a little cottage in a sequestered situation among th

ard, and the ghost of the unfortunate girl seen, which curiously enough, as t

st of a woman with half of her head cut off, and all clad in white, appears at Kirkdale Bridge, and slowly wends its way along the ro

also authentic details, of which the most important concerns the old mansion-house of Glenlee. The fol

de of the river, stands the fine mansion-house of Glenlee Park, at one time the residence of Lord Glenlee, one of the Judges of the Court of Session. Silent and sol

door of her room, pass across the floor, and disappear through a door which communicated with a dressing-room. As the house was full of company at the time she wondered whether some of the strangers had mistaken the way to her room; but she waited in vain for her return, and just as she was

kind of rap was heard on the door, or about the door, which roused her to go and see what it was. Upon opening

at his dressing-table putting some finishing touches to her toilette. He at once withdrew, thinking that some of the ladies in the hurry of the moment had gone int

gotten one of

is here, and but for your lin

ning autumn leaves in the breeze overhead. As it was at a time when all the ladies were supposed to be indoors curiosity piqued him to follow her and watch her movements. She hurried on without once looking round, and finally disap

of these unpleasant experien

as said to have poisoned her husband, who was afflicted with morbus pediculus. 'Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap'-and there

s Piper of

. Copland,

he house, the bedroom and dressing-room previously mentioned,

upied by the school. In one of these houses a man was said to have poisoned his wife, and the gho

s connected with the lonely di

htning foretold that a storm was at hand. With loud peals of thunder, vivid flashes of lightning, and a downpour of rain the storm at last broke. The only shelter near at hand was some thorn bushes by the roadside, under which the drover crept and stayed for fully an hour, while the storm raged and the darkness increased. When the storm had somewhat abated the drover set out once more, hurrying as fast as the darkness would allow him. He had reached a very desolate p

at the piper was headless, and his body so thin that surrounding hills and country could be seen right throught it. A blinding flash of fire, followed by an ear-splitting clap of thunder, brought matters to a close for the time being, and the drover fell prostrate among the heather. When he recovered his senses the strange light had gone, and with it the headless piper. The stor

cerning a headless lady haunting the Buckland Glen. The following narrativ

ng a small Highland pony, the boy being on foot. It was about midnight when they got to that part of Buckland Glen where a small bridge crosse

e nicht, Maggie-what's

that?" whispered the lad.

hat hes been mony a time telt! That's the ghost o' the headless leddy wha was murdered in the gl

d pony. The curious fact was a week later discovered that two disreputable characters had lain in wait, for the purpose of robbery or perhaps worse, at a lonely turn on the Bombie road about a quarter of a mile from Buckland Brig.

of Buckl

. Copland,

Andrew Mackie, in Ringcroft of Stocking, in the parish of Rerwick, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Scotland, 1695, by Mr Alexander Telfair, M

nected with Galloway, centres round a mansion

thing to be done but to return shivering to bed. Several years after, returning to the neighbourhood, she met the owner of the house, who asked her to go and see the improvements he had recently effected. On being shown over the house sh

the town of Dumfries at the time of the terrible epidemic of cholera (1832), the journey being naturally acco

the cottage known as the "Wood Forester's." The story was, that this was the scene of foul play long ago,

vessel[45] late one night as he was walking from Kippford to Dalbeattie. It made its appearance near Aikieslak, which is the next house to the "Wood Fores

ng been noted.(86) Traversing the parish from Southwick towards Newabbey, the first eerie place of note is a field above

as a farm-house in this same immediate neighbourhood. The ghostly manifestation was here that of sound-well-defined sounds of footsteps passing along a passage to the foot of a staircase, pausing, then seeming to

road itself at this particular part forms a hollow. This natural arrangement of wood and road, known locally as the "Howlet's Close," was the reputed

apart in social status. The course of true love, however, did not run true, the romantic attachment having a most tragic ending. One day a single report of fire-arms was heard, and soon afterwards the lifeless body of the young man, whose name was Dunn, was discovered. The law took the view of suicide having been committed, but

s that of Newabbey, is associated with the midnight wanderings of yet another "lad

Comyn at the high altar of the Minorite Friary in Dumfries (February 10th, 1306), when the impetuous dagger-thrust of the Bruc

umbered-all indeed, save one aged Friar, who, as the chronicler[46] tells, "with terror and astonishment heard a ghostly voice mournfully call out, 'How long, O Lord, shall vengeance be deferred?' and in reply an answering wail, 'Endure with p

been served with a parting cup of wine, for the hour draws late. The host is Roger Kirkpatrick, the guest James Lindsay, and they are the sons of Kirkpatrick and Lindsay, whose daggers despatched the Red Comyn.

le well-directed thrust, and deep sleep becomes the deeper sleep of death, so sure

rror at his heart, rides into the darkness of the night. Daybreak comes, the alarm is given, and almost red-handed

execution claims him for its own. The ghostly call of the night

is day called, is intimately associated. In a previous chapter we have dealt with the superstitious happenings at his death and funera

rd another struggling sail far astern. Curiously the seamen gazed, but searching glance gave place to wonder, and wonder to fear, when they saw what had at first seemed a craft like themselves, come rushing onwards in the very teeth of the wind, and with as much ease as if running "free" before it. The moon dipped, and again darkness descended on the face of the waters, but not for long. Once again the moonlight pierced the curtain of flying cloud. Then was seen what surely was the strangest craft tha

yst wi

. Copland,

of Queensberry, appointed High Commissioner to James VII., 1685, and w

d formerly banished), being now a sailor and in foreign countries, while the ship was upon the coast of Naples and Sicily, near one of the burning mountains, one day they espied a coach

elieve my own eyes, or if I ever saw one lik

om the mount-'Open to the Duke of Drumlanrig!' up

upon his return found it exactly answe

urder had been committed, and the very spot was marked out by the stains of blood, which no housemaid's scrubbing could obliterate. It is the passage on the south side of the castle running above the drawing-room, from which a number of bed-chambers enter. Here, at midnight, the per

dless horseman restlessly riding a black horse. The local tradition is, that the ghost was that of a young gentleman of the family of M'Milligan of Dalgarnock, who had gone to offer his addresses to the daughter of the Laird of Tynron Castle. His presence was objected to, however, by one of th

Gaps Mill 'pens' a crying child (supposed to have been murdered) is heard. The Nut Wood at Maxwellton was long supposed to harbour an emissary of the Evi

are numerous stories of supernat

el as it is otherwise termed, now a ruined rem

ick of Closeburn, who "suffered" innocently at the hands of the sixth Lord Crichton. In this instance the

or misfortune to the Crichton family. The legend runs that it was the ghost of

he scene, some two hundred years ago, of the murder of a pedlar, who came into

sly enough not that of the pedlar himself, but took the form of th

se his own expression, was frustrated by Divine intervention-it was said-in the form of a violent storm. The workmen were obliged to desist, and shortly afterwards Abraham met his death by a fall from his horse near Dalpeddar. With this as an introduction, let Dr Simpson continue the story as it is set down in the History of Sanquhar:-"Though declared a bankrupt before his death, the good people of Sanquhar were convinced that he must have somewhere secreted his money, and acted a fradulent part. On this account it was supposed that he could not rest in his grave, and hence the belief of his frequent appearances in the sombre churchyard, to the affrightment of all and sundry who passed near the burying-ground in the evening dusk. The veritable appariti

nerable minister of the name of Hunter, in the parish of Penpont. During the night he went to the churchyard, and on the following day gave out that he had laid Abraham's ghost, and that in future no person need have the least alarm in passing the churchyard, as he never again would trouble anyone. Mr Hunter's statement was implicitly believed, and nothing supernatural has since been seen within the ancient burying-ground of Sanquhar. To add to the seeming mys

miles from Moffat, there is a curious old-world ghost reference in Law's Memorials, edited by Kirkp

entleman (being myself quartered within two miles of the house). He told me many extraordinary relations consisting in his own knowledge; and I carried him to my master, to whom he made the same relations-noises and apparitions, drums and t

banks of the Annan, stands the turreted ruin of Spedl

ngers round its walls. The story has been told many times, and the version here selected is that o

his hurry forgot to leave the key of the pit, which he always held in his own custody. Before he discovered his mistake and could send back the key-which he did the moment he found it out-the man was starved to death, having first, through the extremity of hunger, gnawed off one of his hands. Ever after that time the castle was terribly haunted till a Chaplain of the family exorcised and confined the bogle to the pit, whence it could never come out, so long as a large Bible, which he had used on that business, remained in the castle. It is said that the Chaplain did not long survive this operation. The ghost, however, kept

ing the time the Bible had gone to Edinburgh to be re-bound, the ghost, getting out of the dungeon, crossed the river and presented itself at the new house, making a great disturbance, and actually hauling the baronet and his lady out of bed. Some accounts indeed, say tha

t Baker, A.D. 1634. It is covered with old calf-skin, and inclosed in a massive brass-bound box made ou

of Spedlins," by Robert Chambers, may

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story is as follows:-A young man named Bell who had been surreptitiously visiting his sweetheart, one of the maids in the house, was heard by the butler, who shot him as he was escaping through a basement window. The butler was tried and acquitted, but Knockhill was afterwards haunted by t

ather ever had, "laid a ghost." It was in "some house or room at Orchard, in the parish of Hoddom. He entered the haunted place

n), the original home of the Irvings, also c

deeply incensed by her determination to marry a "Maxwell," with which family the Irvings held long and bitter feud. It is, or

ng), was a border fortress well known in the records of border

ce to the tower and its phantom occurs in the poem of "Fair Helen." The passage is of undoubted vigour and masterly touch, and is here given, the au

Towers strange

ndary lo

elief, whose

e Gothic va

g of terr

ition bound

here, at the n

and red the

the chinks of

hantom take

t frowns o'er w

dagger in

d aye on th

its honor

ng the di

d peasant s

shriekings o

o brave the

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across the m

waters swoll

tales at Ly

ly hour of ni

howls, and the

om fleets bef

p" wakes his

f the wold come

he mysterious apparition of the 'Ha' Ghost' seems to have haunted the place from the distant past, and its mysterious and noisy demonstrations hav

f people to the neighbourhood, and among the number, Thomas Bell from Westside, the neighbouring farmer, who, in order to assure himself that it had flesh and blood like other folks, took it up in his arms and fully satisfied himself that it had its ample share of both. In appearance it resembled an old woman above the middle, with very short legs and thighs, and it affected a style of walk at once so comical and undignified that the Rev. Dr aforesaid was compelled to pronounce it "waddling." The first intimation or indication of its presence in these parts was given, I understand, at the head of Todshawhill Bog, where some young callants who were engaged in fastening up the horses of the farm heard a cry at some little distance off-"Tint

trict of Scotland is a particularly striking one, and is taken from an interestin

h sat an attendant nurse. A tall screen on her left hand shielded her from the draught from a door, whose top was visible above it; and as the nurse sat there she became conscious that the door was opening and that a hand seemed to rest for a moment on the top of the screen. Presently, as she watched, half-paralysed with fear, a figure appeared from behind the screen-the figure of a young woman clothed in a s

to the picture gallery in company with the housekeeper, and pausing before a

They say she had a sad life with her lord, and died young. Ever since she is bel

e,' said the nurse, 'for

visitations from the spirit-world beyond. In their order of publication these are-(a) "The Surprising Story of the Devil of Glenluce"; (b) "A True Account of an Apparition whi

sgow. This work was published in 1672. It was again printed in his more important work, Satan's Invisible World, in 1685. The theme is concerned with the persecution of

also published in London under the title of "New Confutation of Sadducism, being a narrative of a Spirit which infested the house of Andrew Mack

uaintly carried out-an account of four conferences which the Rev. William Ogilvie (Minister of Innerwick, East Lothian, 1715-1729), held with the restless spirit of Thomas

rd in the South-west of Scotland, and as they are not particularly easy of access, it ha

END

ted from Satan's Invisible World, written by George

ness for refuting Atheism could have perswaded to transcribe. The subject matter then of this story is a true and short account of the troubles wherewith the family of one Gilbert Campbel, by profession a Weaver in the old Parish of Glenluce in Galloway, was exercised. I have adventured to publ

means this was done. This Agnew, among many blasphemous expressions had this one, when he was interrogate by the judges whether or not he thought there was a God, he answered, he knew no God but salt, meal, and water. When the stirs began first there was a whistling heard both within and without the house. And Jennet Campbel, going one day to the well to bring home some water, was conveyed with a shril whistling about her ears, w

ir bedcloaths and linnings off them and leaving their bodies naked. Next their chests and trunks were opened and all things in them strawed here and there. Likewise the parts of their working-instruments which had escaped were carried away and hid in holes and bores of the house, where hardly they could be found again. Nay, what ever piece of cloath or household-stuff was in any part of the house it was carried away and so cut and abused that the goodman was necessitate in all haste and speed to remove and transport the rest to a neighbour's house, and he himself compelled to quite the exercise of his calling, whereby he only maintained his family. Yet he resolved to remain in his house for a season; during which time some persons about, not very judicious, counselled him to send his children out of the family here and there to try whom the trouble did most follow, assuring him that this trouble was not against the whole family, but a

so it came to pass, for notwithstanding that the lad was without the family yet were they that remained in it sore troubled both in the day time and night season, so that they were forced to wake till midnight and sometimes all the night over, during which time t

whatsoever hazard might follow. The boy returning home affirmed that he heard a voice speak to him, forbidding him to enter within the house or in any

hat should have been upon their spirits under so rare and extraordinary a trial. They came that length in familiar discourse with the Foul-Thief that they were no more afrayed to keep up the clash with him than to speak to one another. In this they pleased him well, for he desired no better than

ne." These are the first words of the Latine rudiments which schollars

, said, "He took it not ill to be reviled by Satan,

spoke it to; I meant by the dog there,"

nder a bed in the proper countrey dialect, which he did counterfeit exactly, saying, "Would you know the witch

e company that one of

rue, she is dead long ago, but her sp

), "The Lord rebuke thee, Satan, and put thee to silence; we are not to receive information from thee whatsoever fam

ept once that a loud fearful youel was heard at a distance) the Devil with many threatnings boasted and terrified the la

erve the house and the lad too, seeing he is one of

; he was once put out already, and shal not abide here

"The Lord will stop th

"Give me a spade and a shovel, and depart from the house for seven days,

thee through God's assistance, even though that would do it.

ve for you; I have my commission from

mission thou hast indeed, but

r, a commission which perhaps

ecember. The Devil had told them that he

o said there was a something put in

, to try if they could see or find any thing. After diligent search, nothing being found, the gentlem

nd fetch you to hell with warlock thieves:" and so the Devil discharged the gentlemen to speak any thin

ce the voice seemed to come, and he opening his mouth spake to them after thi

written in the 9th of Mark, The

, yet the Lord, having hightned the parents' faith, fo

in the 4th of Luke, 'And He depa

, but when he came again his success was no better, for it is written (John 14), 'Behold the Prince of this World cometh and hath

foolish virgins had no oyl in their lamps, and went unto the wise to seek oyl, and the wise said, Go and buy for your selves; a

in us here, yet there is a fountain opened to the house of David for sin and for uncleanness. When He ha

the first verse and repeated several verses, and concluded with these words, "'In that day I will cause the prophet and the un

t in the hour of His sufferings His Disciples forsook Him (Matth. 26). Yet now having ascended on high He sits in glory, and is

ng upon the floor, the Devil said, "I knew not

conjured him to

presently there appeared a naked hand and an arm, from the elbow down, beating upon the floor till the house did shake again, and also he u

ed an hand and an arm when the

It was not my hand, it was my father

l, "that I might see the

the candle and I shal come butt the house among yo

o the Minister, "Let us go ben and

me ben alone; he is a good honest m

m witch and warlock. A little after, the Devil cryes (it seems out of purpose and in a purpose), "A witch, a w

ng ended, the Devil answered and said, "If the goodman's son's prayers at the Colledge o

e you confess there is a God, and that prayer prevails with Him,

ion with broad lipps). I'le bring a pair of shears from my father, which shall clip the lipps off it a little." Whereupon he presently imag

b a smith, John a minister, and Hue a lawier, all which in some measure came to pass. As to Jennet, t

a widdy would tho

fasten my loose bones

eatned by the Fiend that he would ding out her harns, that is, brain her, answered

ght out some bread was breaking it, t

bread (for so they call their oat cakes). I have gotten nothing this day

re of that, for it is a

d bread. "No," says she, "but when I was eating my due piec

aw to his own home. Then did the Devil cry out fearfully, "Let not the Minister

tarry, whereupon he returned, all the rest going home. When he came into the hou

afflict." Then did the Minister call upon God, and when prayer was ended he discharged the Weaver and all the perso

"What! will ye not speake to me? I shall str

ldren in their beds, and the claps of his loof upon their buttocks would have been heard, but without any trouble to them. W

, "Grissel, put

Minister's wife

r, "For then you sh

obedience being given to him he did so often reiterate these words and magnify his voice that it was astonishment to hear him, which made them sto

st, there should be no words of conjuration used, as commanding him in the name of God to tell whence he was or to depart from the familie, for which they thought they had no call from God. Secondly, that when the Devil spake none should answer him, but hold on in their worshipping of God and the duties they were called to. When all of them had prayed by turns and t

ril; from April till July he had some respite and ease, but after he was molested with new assaults, and even their victuals were so ab

ds of the Synod; and, among other causes, to request God in behalf of that afflicted family, which, being done carefully, the event was that his troubles grew less till April, and from April to August he was altogether free. About which time the Devil began with new assaults, and taking the ready meat that was in the house did sometimes hide it in holes by the door-posts, and at oth

elty against all persons in the family in wearying them in the night time by stirring and moving thorow the house, so that they had no rest for noise, which continued all the moneth of August after this manner. After which time the Devil grew yet worse by roaring, and terrifying them by casting of stone

fill a large volum. The goodman lived several years after this in the same house; and it seems that by some conjuration or other the Devil suffered hi

drew Mackie, in Ringcroft of Stocking, in the Parish of Rerwick, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in

tisfaction may be given, and such mistakes cured or prevented, I, the Minister of the said parish (who was present several times, and was witness to many of its actings, and have heard an account of the whole of its methods and actings from the persons present, towards whom, and before whom i

that word is. He is outwardly moral; there is nothing known to his life and conversation, but honest, civil, and harmless, beyond many of his neighbours; doth delight in the company of the best; and when he was under th

iven up to her, and he and his wife should have kept some of them back from her friends. I did seriously pose both him and his wife upon the matter; they declared

cking," now no lo

J. Copland,

im to go to his father, or whoever dwelt in the Ringcroft, and desire them to raise the door threshold, and search till they found a tooth, and burn it, for none who dwelt in that house would thrive till that was done. The said John Redick coming home, and finding the old man Macknaught dead and his wife out of that place, did never mention the matter nor further mind it till this trouble was in Andrew Mackie's family, then he spoke of it and told the matter to myself. Betwixt Macknaught's death and Andrew Mackie's possession of this house there was one Thomas Telfair who possessed it some years. What way he heard the report of what the witch-wife had said to Macknaught's son I c

At last he suspected it to be some other thing, whereupon he removed them out of that place; and the first night thereafter one of them was bound with a hair-tedder to the back of the house, so strait that the feet of the beast only touched the ground, but could move no way else, yet it sust

be discovered from whence they came, what, or who threw them. After this manner it continued till th

eing a boy about nine or ten years of age, did chide the rest saying, "Why are you feared, let us saine (or bless) ourselves, and then there is no ground to fear it." He perceived the blanket to be his, and saining (

ested by Charles Macklellan of Colline, and John Cairns in Hardhills. It was observed that the stones which hit any person had not half their natural weight; and the throwing was more frequent on the Sabbath

n it began as before, and threw more frequently greater stones, whose strokes were sorer where they hit, and thus it continued to the 21st. Then I went to the house, and stayed a great part of the night, but was greatly troubled; stones and several other things were thrown at me, I was struck several times on the sides and shoulders very sharply with a great staff, so that those who were present heard the noise of the strokes. That night it tore off the bedside, and rapped upon the chests and boards as one calling for access.-This is attested by Charles Macklellan of Colline, William Mackminn, and John Tait in Torr.

ral times at his shoulder, he not regarding; at last it gripped him so by the hair, that he thought something like nails of fingers scratched his skin. It dragged severals up and down the house by the cloathes.-This is attested by Andrew Tait. It gripped one Keige, miller in Auchencairn, so by his side that he entreated his neighbours to help, and cried it would rive the side from him. That night it lifted the cloathes off the children as they were sleeping in bed, and beat them on the hips as if it had been with one's hand, so that all that were in the house heard i

times and cryed "Whist, whist."

g, but it was very cruel against them, especially by throwing great stones, some of them about half a stone weight. It wounded Mr Andrew Ewart twice in the head, to the effusion of his blood, it pulled off his wig in time of prayer, and when he was holding out his napkin betwixt his hands it cast a stone in the napkin and therewith threw it from him. It gave Mr John Murdo several sore strokes, yet the wounds and brui

still thrown down among them. As the said Andrew Mackie and his wife went out to bring in some peats to the fire, when she came to the door she found a br

fire as it lighted did evanish. In that time it threw a hot stone into the bed betwixt the children, which burnt through the bed-cloathes; and after it was taken out by the man's eldest son, and had layen on the floor more than an hour and a half, the said Charles Macklellan of Colline could not hold it in his hand for heat.-This is attested by Charles Macklellan. It thrust a staff through the wall of the house above the children in the bed, shook i

back, yet he was not hurt thereby.-Attested by William Macminn. It set the house twice on fire, yet there was no hurt done, in respect some neighbours were in the house who helped to quench it. At night in the twilight as John Ma

the doors of haven ar all Redy bart against thee, I am sent for a warning to thee to flee to God yet troublt shall this man be for twenty days, repent repent repent Scotland or else thou shall." In the middle of the day the persons alive who lived in that house since it was b

t; they appointed five of their number, viz., Mr John Murdo, Mr James Monteith, Mr John Macmillan, Mr Samuel Spaldin

w another with great force at him when he was praying, bigger than a man's fist, which hit him on the breast, yet he was neither hurt nor moved thereby. It was thought fit that one of our number with another person should go by turns and stand under the hole in the outside, so there was no more trouble from that place; but the barn being joined to the end of the house, it brake down the barn door and mid wall and threw stones up the house, but

me in he cast it by in the house; thereafter there were other three young men who came in also, and when they were all at prayer the Evil Spirit beat them with the dead thulmart and threw it before them. The three who knew it not to be in the house were greatly

ut he received no hurt; while an meal-sive was tossed up and down the house, the said Andrew Mackie takes hold of it, and as it were with difficulty gets the grip keeped, at last all within the rim is to

e said Andrew Mackie sent his sons to convey him; as they returned they were cruelly stoned, and the stones rolled amongst their legs, like to break them. Shortly after they came

f prayer; it cryed "Bo, bo," and kick, cuck, and shook men back and forward, and h

m, nor the family where they were, nor to those neighbours who stayed in the said Andrew Mackie's house, only the cattle were cast ove

m together in pairs by the neck with straw ropes, made of an bottle of straw, which it took off an loft in the stable and carried to the sheep house, which is three or four pair

kie put it out, (being there threshing) without doing any ha

t any person, and said, "Take you that till you get more," that person was sure immediately of another

with staves, and throwing peat mud in the faces of all in the

t day from morning till night it continued in a most fearful manner without intermission, thro

tones all night, bu

se witches and rooks, and said it would take them to hell. The people then in the house said among themselves, if it had any to speak to it now, it would speak. In

do not quickly repent," and commanded him to reveal it upon his peril; and if the land did not repent it said it would go to i

were with him, "If I should tel

on Tuesday's night, and I shall declare before them what I have to say." Then it sai

three children out of the fiery furnace, deliver me

eaking, there was one James Telfair in Buittle who was adding a word, to whom it said, "You are basely bred, meddling in

top Satan's fury and hin

de well."-All this is attested by John Tait i

set fire to the h

it was fired in another-and in the evening, when it could not get its designs fulfilled in burning the house, it pulled down the end

and took up a block of a tree as great as a plough-head, and held above the children, saying, "If I had a commission I would b

s. In the midst of the day, as Andrew Mackie was threshing in the barn, it whispered in the wall and then cried, "Andrew, Andrew," but he gave no answer to it. Then with an austere angry voice as it were, it said, "Speak;" yet he gave no answer. Then it said, "Be not troubled; you shall have no more trouble, except some casting of stones upon Tuesday to fulfill the promise," and said, "Take away your straw." I wen

it to have any form but as if it had been a black cloud; it was affrightning to them all, and then it threw bear-chaff and other mud upon their faces; and after did gripp severals that were in the house by the middle of the body, by the arms and other parts of their bod

use; the sheep were got out safe, but the sheep-house was wholly burnt.

Apostle, 1 Peter v., 8-9, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a ro

ohn Murdo, minister of Crossmichael; Samuel Spalding, minister of Parton; William Falconer, minister of Kelton; Charles Macklellan of Colline, William

t of Mr Maxwell, Laird of Coul, his Appearance after Death to Mr Ogil

afforded, I took him to be Collector Castellow designing to put a trick upon me, and immediately I struck at him with all my force with my cane, thinking I should leave upon him a mark, to make him remember his presumption; but being sensible, I aimed as well as ever I did in my life, yet my cane finding no resistance, but flying out of my hand the distance of about 60 feet, and observing it by its white head, I dismounted and took it up, and had some difficulty in mount

poses. I told him I would never refuse to do a thing to serve a good purpose, if I thought I was obliged to do it as my duty. He answered, since I had undertaken what he found few in Nithsdal

ho informed you that

hing about. These things you did say, and much more to that purpose; and all that I

o many things, should not know the difference

loy me that I would go all the way to Dumfries upon that erran

upon my information that these were your words; but I see you are in some

an on horseback is capable of, and with such a singing and buzzing noise as put me in greater disorder than I was all the time I was with him. I came to my house, and my wife observed something more than ordinary paleness in my countenance,

ond Con

, for he would do me no harm. I told him I was not in the least afraid, in the name of God and of Christ my Saviour, that he would do the least harm to me; for I knew that He in whom I trusted was stronger than all them put together, and if any of them should attempt

head, for you are as safe with me and saf

r, and give me some information about the affairs of the other world, for no man inclines to lose his time

as I think it proper and convenient. Let

t you appear in, and what sort of a horse is it

to Dumfries and return again before you ride twice the length of your horse: nay, if I incline to go to London, or to Jerusalem, or to the moon, if you please, I can perform all these journeys equally soon, for it costs me nothing but a thought or wish; for this b

stoun inclines to ride you must serv

rd Conf

inclosure before we come to Dodds. I told him his last conversation had proven so acceptable to me that I was well pleased to see him

thing that you asked, and now I expect

that I can with safety to my reputation and

sterling, Chapel, my good-brother, at that time was at London, and not being able of myself, being but a bad writer, to get a discharge of the account, which I wanted exceedingly, I met accidentally with Robert Boyd, a poor writer lad in Dumfries. I took him to Mrs Carrick's, gave him a bottle of wine and told him that I had paid Thomas Greer's account, but wanted a discharge, and if he would help me to it I would reward him. He flew away from me in great passion, saying he would rather be hanged, but if I had a mind for these things I had best wait till Chapel came home. This gave me great trouble, fearing that what he and I had formerly done was no secret. I followed Boyd to the street, made an apology that I was jesting, commended him for his honesty, and took him solemnly engaged that he should not repeat what had passed. I sent for my cousin Barnhourie, your good-brother, who with no difficulty, for one guinea and a half undertook and performed all that I wanted, and for one guinea more made me up a discharge for ￡200 Scots, which I was owing to your father-in-law and his friend Mr Morehead, which discharge I gave in to John Ewart when he required

to do justice to the oppressed and injured; but notwithstanding that I see myself among

rth Con

mmended? I told him I had, and was in the same opinion that I was of when we parted: that I could not possibly undertake his commission unless he would give it in writing under his hand. I wanted noth

ut tell me if your neighbour, the laird of Thur

hink he has as little concern in these matters as I. But tell me, Coul, is it not as easy for you to write y

and perhaps I may convin

ssesses, and therefore tell me I was mad, or possibly might pursue me for calumny. How could I vindicate myself? how should I prove that ever you had spoken with me? Mr Paton and the rest of my brethren would tell me that it was a devil who had appeared to me, and why should I repeat these things as truth, which he that was a liar from the beginning had told me? Chapel and Barnhourie would be upon my top and pursue me before the Commissary, and everybody will look upon me as brainsick or m

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SSA

nacular running through the text quite pure, many words having b

, the adder

e, s

s, hei

dire

ediately,

, n

at

ly, i

not thrivi

entr

is, ba

ses in the head

an old

e festival

, b

ognosticati

e or fairy, reall

y, t

me,

on, usually a horse or ox, claimed by th

g, movin

pros

it,

ud,

ul), a pleuritic

t witch-mark also anoth

ommon puff-ball (

attracti

ingers,

bo, ho

ee, eld

il, c

o strike

a clatter

an, b

rs,

di?val place of witch festi

eal mixed with

, humb

ep, butte

asp's or

led upon to eat fre

ent," signi

anty, con

charm o

p, a woo

e, a

, cert

it, b

tane, cur

tub for pre

ort, chic

st), a wo

d, ch

t, c

den domest

full of su

red, a

empty or

hick mucou

in rude

to be

more particular

rne, c

croft o

hag, ol

ly, pr

for cows with usua

ng sound, someti

n, con

ee text, pag

ee text, page

ee text, pag

ee text, page

e text, page

ee text, page

ee text, page

ee text, page

Milk, m

ter,

y, di

on, conj

e,

rt, s

(page 59) in the sense

ed, sl

ng, th

oarse wool

ie, t

ined away

, e

gie when they met to consult about taking the

n, f

e, for

d,

osh, w

, tr

(page 203) in the

t,

clever

under-

ard for the mean

all field

no one

, to r

, frig

ff-balls (see b

y, m

ten, ex

, pe

, eccent

t, po

l,

akes or

to c

ks, ea

g, whining,

, bewit

d,

sparkled,

to gaze

mountai

t froth (discharged b

cries

horse-hair attache

ferring to the g

ine, a mo

poss

m," a rather ragge

tched (lit., rid

d,

l, in goo

he night befo

fishing net on

table, a fi

le,

ed, r

brain-pan

obably fine

it of the

e land, given to the landlord

ed by the superior on

, conf

all height

houlder o

ckles, ho

riggin

lit., swollen by g

, de

to d

t, an

, ho

caug

he sam

e, evi

eat and

nging o

or exchan

Satan,

ith, av

t, ca

, tuck

tch-wife o

, or wood

ig," to hull

a g

ows or

, to entice in

August, be

rema

lt of the

leathe

mall loch

fingerle

es,

lowering

, abun

silent,

e, l

s,

ces, o

ognosticati

(killed at Martinm

n,

t,

k, meal

l, m

le,

l,

, with

racted the milk by witch

e, mo

earth o

th, fune

, mo

se specially affe

ding-hor

oots, he

, kid

nearest

ngers, net

hand

, also bo

rings, ho

a corrupt fo

sound of

ome or far

ck, a

hrewd an

ement of

uch worn in fr

small

arthenwar

, a sm

, a

n, po

ck, th

r, gun

is, p

ead or

ns,

re (page 58) probably

ng, pil

, ma

d, p

of cattle affecting o

ean), gir

raspb

hack," tear

ull to ov

e,

, co

d,

d, re

le,

by means of a riddle balanc

a disease of cattle

sh, c

t, re

clump of

, abu

ountain-a

reg

d, ri

(Rybat),

e the sign o

, sh

n, s

hirt or

h, w

s, s

h, in

, thi

arrie), sto

r, woo

dried (lit

llow iri

p, s

clippings

a shephe

lpit), puny

rein," sigh

cattle named from the s

, si

ie, s

h, in

t, dea

side-g

a shr

e, g

saliva ru

quenched, i

e, mi

d, smo

ting free boa

oaning a

fermenting, and then boiling the

leaps or

r'd, d

country

porridg

ce,

ies,

ng, sau

Stowre,

ghtened in prepar

Hour, a f

ew or co

aning of

ed, s

, rel

hing with a thin

afte

e,

ase of animals a

it," perempt

we, caug

he crest

it., a small

ess, r

ng, be

, a t

d, th

les, t

attled at

, a

, em

rum, soun

ed, t

de an appoi

unus

y, ill-

ill-pro

ly, une

clined to

s, ho

st of May, a night of witch

ie, c

asitic worm di

sease of the ki

supports on which t

d round and rou

wheeled

man or

rite in which a reel of

walking

t, str

, k

ll the witches of Scotland on the evening be

rarily (lit., again

, dw

e, w

, be

, bl

yard or

barren

n, last

le-barrel or

s, h

d, ho

, also Hogmanay

DE

Glenluc

Holm-Cu

ichton, Gh

ton, Laying o

Witchcraft

g in Scots lin

Bead

Sir And

f Galden

(Dalbeat

ndru

ay Ki

Rive

ouse (ghost

ncair

lg Barra

een (Col

oan (Glen

soner of S

aghi

f Corr

f Gallow

(Stoney

orker

rr

(Sext

olklo

Ninian (Clog

of Penni

airn

' Borg

ns,

stle (Kirkm

Crofts (Wh

ie (Sanq

Art,

Clud's

k Es

r (legend of

noch

Spo

' an il

y Bell

sage" (Drum

dy Br

eck H

almaclel

ole (Da

w Towe

f Gallo

r, Abbot of

Mr (Dalry

-blast

o' Ke

(Minniga

Dumfries an

ock Bu

ie, T

' Blednoc

of Newab

nd Bur

Glen, Gho

tle,

thout Cof

foot

(father of Poet)

ck Castle,

rn,

(Stoney

Incantat

ss Cast

n, Ghos

's Cai

ric

Parish (ori

-Dougl

ncarr

eling

the Se

ainst Wit

d Superst

cloth

e (Kirkma

(Sorbi

p (Glenl

(Bell of St

ebur

lick

ost (Wigtown)

rder of and gho

net, Sente

Dumfries

(Glasse

ouse (ghost

gland (family

on Fam

ill, Witc

Remains,

Balmacle

och,

erla

gham,

34, 35,

y Ki

nologi

-bel

l (skell

-day

watch

eal Joh

and Funeral

chack

-dra

-nip

spall

The

licht

owe (Kirk

's Gr

f Glenl

aiser of

(Whith

ir Wm., of

e Abbot of

s (Kirkma

tions of Whitho

lane

rig Cas

more

rash

nry, of Ru

of Moc

ennan

n For

n (Monia

y Cast

l Society publications (

s Cleric

cups

ock

th M'

of Witch

ined

Expen

ppointed for

lver Craigs, Ki

es of trial an

ner's pe

g, or "kis

muir Pa

(funeral ad

and Brow

ir

towards m

ousness

ot wou

airy and brownie

y Rad

ark (Lo

and dan

eighbou

ping b

ants

ounteract fair

of fairy f

fouk,

ay and Dumfriesshire

n For

aiden

orker

one (Port

uine

the Ball

ie Gl

nan,

brid

umph

n-a-gow

bie

inne

hill

Distri

d (Auchen

Lochen

attie

am Loc

(Lochanh

ries

avero

ncrea

inton

ebur

anrig

uhar

onnel

eoch

Wate

Aylme

Wharr

Hil

ndal

mabe

swar

rie

M'Co

ngs of Fa

es ("Gallovidian

reshment (D

tes and cu

"servi

och To

ay Goss

ar Castle-Douglas,

ay Regi

y Tradit

stern, Tradi

ll, Glen

yhor

hous

bly (Condemna

herd" (extra

and Haunted

st of Scotland (arranged in t

y Cast

och To

pal Plant

Ardwe

ick Hou

in Hou

lly,

luce

tran (Drumm

Grave (Bla

h, Sor

horn

, Glasse

f Kirkma

lg Barra

law Ho

ore Cas

town

le Bri

e, Dal

ole, Da

f Cors

nd Gle

t of Sto

e near Castl

ter's, Dal

oul's Ghos

kbe

r Fal

's Ho

house

's Clo

ross Ro

ewabbe

es (1306) and Caerlaver

f the passing o

of William Duke of Queen

rig Cas

n Doo

nca

nstro

hirn

oot,

Mil

Wood

ck Bri

nd Bri

ar Cas

rk, Sanq

richton's

, Wamph

ns Tow

ne Ha

khil

d, Hod

w Towe

tt Tow

nnel H

awhil

Manor Ho

ristl

oani

e M'Cl

rton,

cair

airn K

ple Qu

kens

ears' holidaying i

e (ghost nar

uce,

(Caerlav

an, T

of Lag (funeral

ir Robert (funeral

Sir Robert (fun

Solway legend of

iquities of

Carl

owma

mass R

on, Witc

ambles in G

f Par

urney through Wes

white woman ap

en (Dal

lose (Kirk

ics," Sinc

so" (extrac

nks M

of Hod

. of Sco

ruck

of Apple

ne Ha

e Howff" (R

' the H

Bai

" (Kirkma

ls,

Rhyn

onhi

(Stoneyk

astle (Da

n (Kirkgun

Farm (Kirk

(Jas. Ho

hn (Witch-p

oft of St

ridge, Gho

le Hou

kma

29

den Chu

en, Lege

Witches,

) examination for al

Closeburn, 214

rick, R

k Sharpe,

dnoch), pedlar

ford

oods (Dalbe

ridge (Gle

ansion (tra

hy (Whit

een (Da

shburt

Coul's

Fairy,

or Fin

wake

Memori

t Minstrel" (ex

in Ha

alt,

ical

hael Scott (li

efore de

(Caerlaverock

ocklick

Sanquhar, Ghostly

briggs

ar M

Doo

lantin," Appar

n, 2

n Mi

chton (6

Glenl

f Sanqu

tormon

l (Kirkgu

the Gren

ie (Kirkm

, 13

Bay

wake

of Gal

Castle, Leg

gate to G

ridde

the Moss,

" (tragedy,

owlands (story o

n's La

h Mo

. Mr (Kirkmai

hirn

ry (allege

tland (Act agains

gan (Allan C

Carriel (Ca

of Dalsw

ith (successors t

mas (Laird o

al of (for pretend

f title page of publi

(Kirkmaide

on's El

och (Gallowa

se Ab

ott of Bal

xtravagant funera

Churchy

nd Sho

th Hou

(ghost of head

the Ge

rk of L

th (use

Rhinns), Witc

d, Dr J

Gallow

ll (Kirkb

nd (fairy

hs of My

, Sir God

lan C

n of Dalg

omanc

Witchcra

ost of lady

r (witch of H

the Ba

trel" (poetical

, 51

axwelton (M

ycraft examination, recoll

fe in Scotland

Ecclefechan,

se of P

(Carlyle remi

ynholm (reput

host of Blacke

e House, Du

dom (laying

ie" (Wigtownsh

Grave (Bla

t (Whith

acki

" (custom of

erence in "Book o

rn, Legen

Auld Ki

(Glencai

hy of the

, 148

hray (ghost r

l (fairy

t of, at Spedl

ie Bay (fair

ogan,

ck, Legen

Willi

warning regarding buria

onmil

g" of Wi

kness" (and wi

ssions (to try case

wff (Rer

erary (Dum

Comy

wic

pparition

nns

ehou

in the R

ost by a

oo Po

t of Sto

f Stocking,

the B

Goodfel

mas,

ow (Whit

uhar

tle (ghostly

tory of (Simp

r Kirky

s Alman

nvisible W

Mone

igenbay and

Stoneyk

n (Bladn

l Wate

mers

ating

esney

er Scott

Coffi

y Fir

yers' Cr

-cast

Tower, Gh

Tower B

Nini

ss, Sanq

(action against

of Kirkcud

kirk,

, Burial

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ch the divell uses as means to entice them to his service: for such of them as are in great miserie and povertie, he allures to follow him, by promising unto them great riches

s, et sic de ceteris." Mr Robert, minister at Aberfoill, in his Secret Commonwealth, describes the witch's mark-"A spot that I have seen as a small mole, horny, and brown-coloured; through which mark, when a large brass pin was thrust (both in buttock, nose, and

he first place strangled or, to use an old expression, "wirreit" and th

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fries by his brothe

of Glencairn, Re

the hill overhanging the Enterkine burn, above the farm-house of the same name. A

and died without uttering one word. On clearing away the rubbish, which till lately covered the pavement of the Chapel at Holyrood House, his tombstone was found, with this mutilated inscription:-"Heir lyes ane

warfish Lapps or Finns who, driven out of their own c

woman of great intelligence, often told that in her day there lived a man belonging to Borgue parish whose mother

here synonymu

to the Rispain Roman Camp, about a mi

ival of the finding of

geably retains the sacred stamp of divinity. The way to cure a breath-blasted child is worthy of notice. The child is undressed and laid out in unbleached linen new from the loom. Water is brought from a blessed well, in the utmost silence, before sunrise, in a pit

connected with a cascade, once a

n's History

and corresponds with the "R

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and long used as a test by which to ascertain the orthodoxy of suspected persons. If, on taking the precious relic into his hand, the person trembled, or gave other symptoms of agitation, he was denounced as havin

h appearance may be found in Wilson's F

n of "deid lichts" to a Dumfries lady occurs in the

The

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th and p

lees" in Gu

Borders, for example, the door was usually left wide open. (See Pre

dgeon's, the writer has been told of a compara

and of silk, woollen, gold, or silver, or any other stuff than what was made of Hards spun and wrought within the kingdom, under the penalty of 300 pounds Scots for a nobleman, and 200 pounds for every other person for each offence. One-half of this penalty was to go to the informer, and the other half to the poor of the parish of where the body should be interred. And, for the better discovery of contraveners, it was ordained that every minister within the kingdom should keep an account and register of all persons buried in his parish. A certif

-twelfth value of our present

upon the body after a modified embalming, only

l between the two windows looking on to the Plainstones had to be temporarily removed, and that through the wide vacancy thus created the coffin was lowered down. My informant, who was old enough to remember all about the taking down of

Latin "dirige," from a Ca

d term for the dead

ured 6? inches in height. It is mentioned in the accounts of James IV.: "March 17, 1506, in Penyghame to ane man that bure Saint Ninian's bell IX.s." It was in existen

k water and drainage scheme stumbled upon a large cavernous space at the

(Celtic): The swa

l, overlooking Drumrash and Skirmers and the Ken below Ke

lost afterwards with all hands on the pa

r, or Bowmaker,

enings was published in the form of a ch

subsequent appearance, while the lad was upon the same business, whether Coul had done him any real harm, or that the lad