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Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland · J. Maxwell Wood — chapter 53 of 74 · ~112 words · public domain

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POW, head or skull.

PREENS, pins.

PUDDOCKS (YELLOW), here (page 58) probably the toad-stool fungus.

PYCKERING, pilfering.

PYET, magpie.

PYKED, picked.

QUARTER-ILL, a disease of cattle affecting one limb or quarter only.

QUEEN (QUEAN), girl, damsel.

RASPS, raspberries.

"RAVE THE THACK," tear the thatch.

REAMIN, full to overflowing.

REDE, wild.

REDE, counsel.

REID, red.

REMEID, remedy.

RIDDLE, sieve.

RIDDLE-TURNING, divination by means of a riddle balanced on the points of scissors.

RINNEN DOON (DARN), a disease of cattle with diarrhoea present.

RIPPISH, cleanly.

RESSET, receive.

ROSSEN, clump of thorns.

ROUTH, abundance.

ROWANS, mountain-ash berries.

RUE, regret.

RYDAND, riding.

RYE-BOWT (RYBAT), hewn stone.

SAIN, to make the sign of the cross.

SALL, shall.

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