[586] Miss E. J. Guthrie, Old Scottish Customs (London and Glasgow, 1885), p. 75.

[587] Rev. John Gregorson Campbell, Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Glasgow, 1902), p. 282.

[588] Thomas Pennant, “Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides in 1772,” in John Pinkerton’s Voyages and Travels, iii. (London, 1809) pp. 383 sq. In quoting the passage I have corrected what seem to be two misprints.

[589] John Ramsay, of Ochtertyre, Scotland and Scotsmen in the Eighteenth Century, edited by Alexander Allardyce (Edinburgh and London, 1888), ii. 437 sq. This account was written in the eighteenth century.

[590] Rev. James Robertson, Parish minister of Callander, in Sir John Sinclair’s Statistical Account of Scotland, xi. (Edinburgh, 1794), pp. 621 sq.

[591] Rev. Dr. Thomas Bisset, in Sir John Sinclair’s Statistical Account of Scotland v. (Edinburgh, 1793) pp. 84 sq.

[592] Miss E. J. Guthrie, Old Scottish Customs (London and Glasgow, 1885), p. 67.

[593] James Napier, Folk Lore, or Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within this Century (Paisley, 1879), p. 179.

[594] J. G. Frazer, “Folk-lore at Balquhidder,” The Folk-lore Journal, vi. (1888) p. 270.

[595] Rev. Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-lore of the North-East of Scotland (London, 1881), pp. 167 sq.

[596] Rev. A. Johnstone, as to the parish of Monquhitter, in Sir John Sinclair’s Statistical Account of Scotland, xxi. (Edinburgh, 1799) pp. 145 sq.

[597] A. Macdonald, “Some former Customs of the Royal Parish of Crathie, Scotland,” Folk-lore, xviii. (1907) p. 85.  The writer adds:  “In this way the ‘faulds’ were purged of evil spirits.”  But it does not appear whether this expresses the belief of the people or only the interpretation of the writer.

[598] Rev. John Gregorson Campbell, Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Glasgow, 1902), pp. 282 sq.

[599] Robert Burns, Hallowe’en, with the poet’s note; Rev. Walter Gregor, op. cit. p. 84; Miss E.J.  Guthrie, op. cit. p. 69; Rev. J.G.  Campbell, op. cit. p. 287.

[600] R. Burns, l.c.; Rev. Walter Gregor, l.c.; Miss E.J.  Guthrie, op. cit. pp. 70 sq.; Rev. J.G.  Campbell, op. cit. p. 286.

[601] R. Burns, l.c..; Rev. W. Gregor, l.c.; Miss E.J.  Guthrie, op. cit. p. 73; Rev. J.G.  Campbell, op. cit. p. 285; A. Goodrich-Freer, “More Folklore from the Hebrides,” Folk-lore, xiii. (1902) pp. 54 sq.

[602] R. Burns, l.c.; Rev. W. Gregor, op. cit. p. 85; Miss E.J.  Guthrie, op. cit. p. 71; Rev. J.G.  Campbell, op. cit. p. 285.  According to the last of these writers, the winnowing had to be done in the devil’s name.