...antiquary, ' relating to Alloway Kirk.' These he doubtless ' owed ' — it is his own word — to the ' old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for...her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had . . . the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies,...

...age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, 1 owe much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable...ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, (he largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies,...

...devout enthusiasm as ever pilgrim did to Lorotto." old woman who resided in the family, remarkable foi her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had,...suppose, the largest collection in the country of taler and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies,...

...age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owe much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable...her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, 'l suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies,...

...verbs, and particles. — In my infant and boyish days too, I owed much to an old Maid of my Mother's, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity and superstition....She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the county of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies,...

...family resided a certain old woman — Betty Davidson by name, as research has discovered — who had the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, &c. ; and that to the recital of these Robert gave attentive ear, unconsciously laying up material...

...retentive memory, a stubborn, sturdy tomcthing in my disposition, and an enthusiastic idiot-piety. ... In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old maid of my mother's, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition,' who had, ' I suppose,...

...against the years of ten or eleven, I was absolutely a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old maid of my mother's, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and * Mr William Fergusson of Doonliolm,...

...resided in the family, and who was remarkable for superstitious credulity. Of this woman, Burns writes : "She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the...devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, kelpies, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This...

...retentive memory, a stubborn, sturdy something in my disposition, and an enthusiastic idiot-piety. ... In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old maid of my mother's, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition,' who had, ' I suppose,...