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66 The Scottish Antiquary ; (i.) daughter, married White; (ii.) daughter, married Speechly ; (iii.) Robert Grove; (iv.) Colvine Sinclair Grove. (2.) Daniel Sinclair, died young. (3.) Charlotte Sinclair, married Rev. Thomas and had issue May (i.) Charlotte May, residing at Belfast. VIII. James Blow (eldest son of Daniel VII.), married, 1786, Mary Reid, and had issue 1. Daniel Mussenden Blow, married . . . and had issue i. John Reid Blow, in Australia, where, it is believed, he left a family, ii. James Blow, also in Australia, where, it is believed, he left a family. 2. John Blow, died young. 3. William N. Blow, married Mary M'Kibbin, and had issue four sons, who all died without issue (i.) Alexander; (ii.) James ; (iii.) Henry; (iv.) William. 4. Edwin Blow. (See below as No. IX.) IX. Edwin Blow (youngest son of James No, VIIL), married Margaret, daughter of Miller ; he left issue issue 1. John Blow, died young. 2. William Blow, died young. 3. Elizabeth Blow, married Thomas Wallace. 4. James Blow. (See below as No. X.) X. James Blow, married Annie, daughter of Wylie, 1. Edwin Blow. 2. Martha Blow. 3. John C. Blow. 4. James Blow. 5. James Blow. 6. Margaret Blow, died young. and has 535. FAMILY DESIGNATIONS. Readers of old Scottish literature are aware that writers both of prose and verse conferred on the great Scottish families designations which, often in an alliterative form, portray the special hereditary temperament; in some cases the gingle is complimentary, in others quite the reverse. We do not attempt to exhaust the list, and shall be glad if our readers will send us any well authenticated additions. The handsome Hays, gallant Grahams, gay Gordons, gentle Johnstones are complimentary and alliterative. Trusty Boyds, bauld Erasers, and also bauld Rutherfords, brave Macdonalds, are complimentary without being alliterative. The haughty Hamiltons, saucy Scotts, proud Macneills, and light Lindsays could hardly be considered offensive titles. But the following would be used when a careful observation had assured the speakers none of the maligned family was present : Greedy Campbells, or, Campbell { fair and fause,' dirty Dalrymples, fause Monteiths, cappit (or irritable) Scotts, windy (or boastful) Murrays. A story is told of Maxton,
or, Northern Notes and Queries. 67 laird of Cultoquey, Perthshire. His property was surrounded by the estates of four powerful families, and often inconvenienced by such highhanded neighbours, he composed a litany in which his sorrows were thus expressed : From the greed of the Campbells, From the ire of the Drummonds, From the pride of the Grahams, From the wind of the Hurrays, Good Lord, deliver us. The Duke of Athol, the head of the Hurrays, hearing of this, called on him and threatened to cut off his ears. ' * Ah ! ' exclaimed Maxton, that 's the wind of the Murrays.' Another occasion, when some Hurrays were boasting in his presence, he rang the bell and told the servant to leave the room door open to let the wind out. A. W. CORNELIUS HALLEN. 536. l ERTH UPPON ERTH.' The following letter by the Rev. Rob Saunders, Free Church, Helrose, which appeared in the Scotsman, may interest our readers. ED. 'ERTH UPPON ERTH.' Host of the visitors to Helrose Abbey are shown in the graveyard a tombstone of last century with the quaint inscription : ' Earth goeth on the earth glist'ring like gold, Earth goes to the earth sooner than it wold, Earth builds on the earth castles and towers, Earth says to the earth, All shall be ours.' I have been frequently asked if anything was known of the age and authorship of the lines. Perhaps the following verses, which I came upon accidentally some time ago, may help to answer the question or, at least, have an interest in this connection. They are entitled : 'ERTH UPPON ERTH.' ' Erth oute of erth is wondyrlye wrought, For erth hath gotten of erth a nobul thyng of noght ; Erth uppon erth hath set alle hys thoght, How erth uppon earth may qe hygh broght. Erth uppon erth yet wolde be a kynge, But how erth shall to erth thynketh he nothyng ; But when erth byddeth erth hys dute horn bryng, Then shall erth fro erth have a peteus partyng, Erth wynneth uppon erth both castellys and towris, Then sayth erth unto " ' erth This is alle owres ; But when erth uppon erth hath bylded all hys bowrys, Then shall erth for erth suffer sharpe showres. Erte byldeth uppon erth as molde upon molde. And erth goeth uppon erth glyttering alle golde, Like as erth unto erth never goe sholde, And justly then shalle erth go to erth rather than he wolde. Memento hoc, quod cinis es, et in cinerem reverteris ; Fac bene dum vivis, post mortem vivere si vis. Whan lyffe is most lovyd, and deth most hated, Than deth drawyth hys drawght, and makyth man ful naked.' I have given the above in its original form and spelling, as found in The Christian Poet, edited by James Hontgomery, only correcting two or three obvious misprints. It follows upon specimens from Gower, and two anonymous authors quoted by Ellis in his Ancient English Poetiy. Under
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