The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 5W. Creech, 1791 - Scotland |
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acres almoſt alſo annually barley befides belonging beſt bolls buſineſs caſtle cattle cauſe chalders church circumſtances Clyde coal confiderable conſequence crops diſeaſes diſtance diſtrict ditto Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed eſtate expence extent fame farmers farms fide fince firſt fiſh foil fome foon fouth fuch Glasgow glebe Gorbals graſs Greenock ground heritors hills horſes houſe increaſe induſtry inhabitants intereſt Inveraray iſland labour land laſt late leſs manſe manufactures meaſure merks miles miniſter moſt neceſſary neighbourhood oats obſerved occafionally pariſh paſture perſons plough poor population prefbytery preſent proprietors purpoſe quantity raiſed refiding regiſter rent reſpect riſe riſh river river Clyde road ſaid ſame ſcarcely ſchool Scotch Scotland ſea ſeaſon ſeems ſeen ſeparate ſervants ſeveral ſhips ſhore ſhould ſituation ſmall ſome ſometimes ſown ſpirit ſpring ſtands ſtate Sterling ſtill ſtipend ſtock stone ſuch ſum ſummer ſupplied ſupport ſuppoſed teinds theſe thoſe town uſed veſſels village weſt whoſe yearly
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Page 83 - None chuse to marry in January or May ; or to have their banns proclaimed in the end of one quarter of the year, and to marry in the beginning of the next. Some things are to be done before the full moon ; others after. In fevers, the illness is expected to be more severe on Sunday than on the other days of the week ; if easier on Sunday, a relapse is feared.
Page 158 - No more its arches echo to the noise Of joy and festive mirth. No more the glance Of blazing taper thro' its windows beams, And quivers on the undulating wave : But naked stand the melancholy walls, Lash'd by the wintry tempests, cold and bleak, That whistle mournful thro' the empty halls, And piece-meal crumble down the tow'rs to dust.
Page 83 - ... since, customary to put the child upon a clean basket, having a cloth previously spread over it, with bread and cheese put into the cloth ; and thus to move the basket three times successively round the iron crook, which hangs over the fire, from the roof of the house, for the purpose of supporting the pots when water is boiled, or victuals are prepared. This might be anciently intended to counteract the malignant arts which witches and e\ il spirits were imagined to practice against new-born...
Page 83 - Immediately before the Celebration of the Marriage Ceremony, every Knot about the Bride and Bridegroom (Garters, Shoe-strings, Strings of Petticoats, &c.) is carefully loosened. After leaving the Church, the whole company walk round it, keeping the Church walls always upon the right hand. The Bridegroom, however, first retires one way with some young men to tie the Knots that were loosened about him ; while the young married woman, in the same manner, retires somewhere else to adjust the disorder...
Page 84 - There is a disease called Glacach by the Highlanders, which, as it affects the chest and lungs, is evidently of a consumptive nature. It is called the Macdonald's disease, " because there are particular tribes of Macdonalds, who are believed to cure it with the Charms of their touch, and the use of a certain set of words. There must be no fee given of any kind. Their faith in the touch of a Macdonald is very great.
Page 585 - Scotland is almost divided into two parts by the rivers Forth and Clyde ; the Forth falls into the...
Page 404 - The bonnet-makers of Kilmarnock no longer find demand for their manufacture, from the servant men and labourers in this part of the country; but hats are worn both by men and boys of all ranks. Our young men are not to be seen, at church, or market, in a coat of their mother's spinning, but dress themselves in English broad cloths, fashionable cotton stripes, and fine linen. Every stripling, as soon as he arrives at puberty, must have a watch in his pocket; whereas, only...
Page 240 - ... of cruelty, bigotry, and superstition, cannot be concealed. As late as the end of the last century a woman was burnt for witchcraft at Sandyford, near the village, and the bones of the unfortunate victim were lately found at the place.
Page 193 - Jamieson.) Aws, awes of a mill-wheel, s. pi. The buckets or projections on the rim which receive the shock of the water as it falls. S. 1808 (and 1866) JAMIESON. Aws of a windmill. The sails or shafts on which the wind...
Page 85 - When the first faggot is burnt out, a second is bound to the pole, and kindled in the same manner as before. Numbers of these blazing faggots are often carried about together, and when the night happens to be dark, they form a splendid illumination.