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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

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488 MINSTRELSY, &C.<br />

Or aiblins Maggie's iden <strong>the</strong> yowe.—Y. 485. v. 4.<br />

There is no district wherein witches seem to have maintain-<br />

ed a more extensive, or more recent influence, than in Eskdale.<br />

It is not long since <strong>the</strong> system <strong>of</strong> bribery, alluded to in <strong>the</strong><br />

next stanza, was carried on in that part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country. The<br />

rowan-tree, or mountain-ash, is well known to be a sure pre-<br />

servative against <strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong> witchcraft.<br />

Edinburgh :<br />

Printed bv James Ballantyne & Co.

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