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Item:Folk Lore Genealogy Nithsdale Scotland 1904 Scottish

Folk Lore Genealogy Nithsdale Scotland 1904 Scottish

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Item number:120478484784
Item location:Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Format: HardbackSpecial Attributes: 1st Edition
Subject: HistoryPrinting Year: 1904
 Great BritainLanguage: English

Folk Lore and Genealogies of Uppermost Nithsdale

Wilson, William

About the book

The following sketches, traditions and reminiscences of bygone days were penned originally for the local press solely with a view to rescue from oblivion much that is curious and interesting, andd known only to use of the older generation. The genealogies, which form the second part of the work, are compiled from reliable sources; these will prove highly interesting to local antiquaries.

Contents

Sanquhar Council House, some queer stories of the Old Tolbooth; The town pipers of Sanquhar; Crawick Mill Witches, some of their cantrips; Abraham Crichton’s ghost, Cringan and the cuddy; Apparitions near Sanquhar Manse; Sanquhar Castle spectre; The ghost house; The dreary lady of the Linn, strange stories of the Orchard Burn; Apparitions in Euchan, The Bottle Blower; The ghost of Littlemark; The ghost of Lady Hebron; Weird stories of the Bank Wood, Kirkconnel, fairies of Polveoch; Wraiths; Lagminnan’s wake; Willie Dalzell, the Sanquhar Munchausen, some of his wonderful exploits; Doctor Alison and his wife Meg, a curious couple; Evil spirits at the Warld’s En’; The resurrectionist scare in Sanquhar, the skipper and the plaister; Ben and his weddings; Pat M’Cririck of the Cairn; The Covenanter’s Ban; Bryce’s Loup, an incident of the ‘45; Provost Whigham, how he outwitted the meal merchant; A gallant son of Nithsdale, Major William Johnston of the Rifle Brigade; Olden hospitality in Nithsdale; Genealogies of uppermost Nithsdale; Crichtons, Lords of Sanquhar; Crichtons of Ryehill; Crichtons of Carco; Crichtons of Gairland; Crichtons of Libry; Crichtons of Eliock; Dalziels of Eliock; Veitch of of Eliock; McCriricks of McCririck’s Cairn; Williamsons of Castle Robert; McMaths of Dalpeddar; Hairs of Glenwharry; McCalls of Guffockland; Wilsons of Spango; Bannatynes of Glenmaddy; Kyles of Corseneuk; Arms of the Royal Burgh of Sanquhar; Riding the Sanquhar Marches; Choosing site for Kirkconnel Church; Welcome to Lord Sanquhar; Appointment of Clerk to Sanquhar Parish Church; Wilsons of Polquhirter and Jenkins of Nivinston; Wilsons of Wanlockhead; Blackaddie; Grant to James McRerik by King James VI; The inventor of the steam propellor;

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PublisherRobert G Mann
PlaceDumfries
Date1904
DescriptionQuarter red morocco, gilt, over red cloth, frontis, bw plates, index
Pagination267
EditionFirst edition

Condition

Booklacks spine [but still secure], corners bumped, gutters rubbed, foxing [largely marginal except to prelims], pages untrimmed, contents VG binding Fair
Jacketn/a
KeywordsScotland; genealogy; Dumfriesshire; Nithsdale; Sanquhar; Crichton; Dalziel; Veitch; McCririck; Williamson; McMath; Hair; McCall; Wilson; Bannatyne; Kyle; Kirkconnel; Blackaddie; ghosts; fairies; Whigham; Eliock; leather
Ref. no.568
Weight (g)450
PriceGBP 36.00

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