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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

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306 MINSTRELSY OF<br />

nent, was ever employed in <strong>Scotland</strong> ; but he beUeves <strong>the</strong> ves-<br />

tiges <strong>of</strong> something very similar have been discovered in <strong>the</strong><br />

rtiins <strong>of</strong> old castles.<br />

JVo spell can stay <strong>the</strong> living tide.—P. 301. v. 3.<br />

That no species <strong>of</strong> magic had any effect over a running<br />

stream, was a common opinion among <strong>the</strong> vulgar, and is al-<br />

luded to in Burns's admirable tale <strong>of</strong> Tain o Shunter.

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