Part 22

Pitcairn.

Pitcairn.

An iron instrument so constructed, that by means of a hoop which passed over the head, a piece of iron having four prongs or points, was forcibly thrust into the mouth, two of these being directed to the tongue and palate, the others pointing outwards to each cheek. This infernal machine was secured by a padlock. At the back of the collar was fixed a ring, by which to attach to a staple in the wall of her cell.--Pitcairn's 'Scottish Criminal Trials.'

Fountainhall says that she was convict and burnt; but is this not a mistake? Pitcairn gives the actual trial, and King James's angry letter against the contumacious assisa.

Pitcairn.

Dr. Jamieson conjectures the word to signify "warm hose." After encircling the leg with an iron framework, it was put into a moveable furnace or chauffer, and during the progress of heating the iron, the intended questions were successively put.--Note in Pitcairn's 'Scottish Criminal Trials.'

Pitcairn's 'Scottish Criminal Trials.'

Chambers' 'Domestic Annals of Scotland.'

'Antiquarian Researches of Aberdeen, by Gavin Turriff: Spalding Club Miscellany. Chambers' 'Domestic Annals,' to the end of the Aberdeen trials.

Apparently untranslateable.

Patrick Anderson's MS. history of Scotland, quoted by Robert Chambers, in his 'Domestic Annals of Scotland.'

Pitcairn.

Pitcairn and Chambers.

Pitcairn.

Pitcairn.

Dalyell's 'Darker Superstitions of Scotland.'

Scott's 'Demonology and Witchcraft.'

Pitcairn.

Pitcairn and Chambers.

Star-grass, queries Pitcairn; but is it not rather fox-tree--fox-glove?

Chambers, Dalyell, Pitcairn.

Dalyell, quoting the judiciary records of Orkney.

Hibbert, quoting the Orkney Records.

Pitcairn. Sharpe's Introduction to Law's 'Memorials.'

Dalyell.

Law's 'Memorials,' (Sharpe's Introduction,) and Dalyell.

Chambers, Sinclair, Dalyell.

Dalyell's 'Darker Superstitions.'