The book Arran; - Cook Clan

THE CHURCH AFTER THE REFORMATION 157
The Session's judgment, however, is in favour of ' Ballymainoch
as the most centrical place.'
side :
Similar difficulties over rural centres occur on the east
June 15, 1709.—The Session considering the detriment children
have sustained hitherto by the School being at the Kirk it being too
excentrical, appoint the School to be removed to Arrantoun.
Ayril 15, 1711.—^The Session considering the great loss the people
between Lergibeg and Kingscross sustain for want of a School, and
withall the small encouragement provyded for a schoolmaster in that
district ; they therefore annex that to the district of Kilbryde with
the Sallarie settled upon it, and exact that the schoolmaster of Kilbryde
shall be oblidged to hyre one to teach children in the said
bounds from Martinmas to May yearly and that the Schoolmaster
of Kilbryde have the sallarie of that district as it is, he paying him
who so serves for the term foresaid.
A further example is the appeal by Alex. M'Cook in
Shennachie for help out of the poor box in payment of
having his son taught Latin. Kilmorie was already bi-
lingual, though Gaelic for the most part, and the following
extract is worth noting :
July 29, 1712.—The Session finding there are many of the people
that seldom attend Service in the English Language tho' there are
many that speak the Language in the Parish, they therefore appoint
the Minister after sermon to call on their names that have the
Language & that such as are absent from 2 Dyets successively, be
obliged to compear before Session & give in the reasons of their
absence, & also to be practised with respect to the Sermon in Irish
(Gaehc).
A citation from Kilbride bears upon the same point at
an earlier date, while also suggesting ability to read on a
larger scale than might be expected from some of our
evidence :
Dec. 21, 1704.—The Session has recommended to the moderator