Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland

Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland

Throughout Dumfriesshire and Galloway remnants of old-world customs still linger, suggesting a remoter time, when superstitious practice and belief held all-important sway in the daily round and task of the people. In gathering together the available material bearing upon such matters, more particularly in the direction of witchcraft, fairy-lore, death warnings, funeral ceremony and ghost story, the author trusts that by recording the results of his gleanings much as they have been received, and without at all attempting to subject them to higher analysis or criticism, a truer aspect and reflection of the influence of superstition upon the social life of those older days, may be all the more adequately presented. 112 George Street, Edinburgh, August 9th, 1911. [Pg 1] Witchcraft and Superstitious Record IN THE South-western District of Scotland. Traditional Witchcraft Described. n the far-off days, when Superstition, in close association with the evil sister of Ignorance, walked abroad in the land, the south-western district of Scotland shared very largely in the beliefs and terrors embraced under the general descriptive term of witchcraft. Active interference in the routine of daily life on the part of the Prince of Darkness and his agencies was fully believed in. The midnight ride, the power of conversion into animal semblance and form, mystic rite and incantation, spells and cantrips, as well as the presence on earth of the Devil himself, who generally appeared in some alluring formall[Pg 2] had a firmly-established place in the superstitious and impressionable minds of the people who dwelt in the land of those darker days. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 43966
Author: Wood, J. Maxwell (John Maxwell)
Release Date: Oct 17, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Copland, John