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THE SCOTTISH BORDER. 477<br />

NOTES<br />

THE FEAST OF SPURS,<br />

Harden Glen.—V. 474. v. 5.<br />

" Harden's castle was situated upon <strong>the</strong> very brink <strong>of</strong> a dark<br />

" and precipitous dell, through which a scanty rivulet steals to<br />

*' meet <strong>the</strong> Borthwick. In <strong>the</strong> recess <strong>of</strong> this glen he is said to<br />

" have kept his spoil, which served for <strong>the</strong> daily maintenance<br />

" <strong>of</strong> his retainers." Notes on <strong>the</strong> JjOii <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Last Minstrel,<br />

Canto IV. stanza 9.<br />

Warns <strong>the</strong> water.—P. 476. v. 1.<br />

This expression signified formerly <strong>the</strong> giving <strong>the</strong> alarm to <strong>the</strong><br />

inhabitants <strong>of</strong> a district ; each district taking its name from <strong>the</strong><br />

river that flowed through it.<br />

O ke^e me, &c.—P. 47G. v. 1.<br />

The esteem in which <strong>the</strong> moon was held in <strong>the</strong> Harden fa-<br />

" Reparaln't<br />

mily, may be traced in <strong>the</strong> motto <strong>the</strong>y still bear :<br />

cornna P/whe."

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