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folks are supposed to be on their visit to Fairyland, their proper
abode, consequently they are not within the reach of hearing :—
hence the above saying whenever they are mentioned, which is'
usually whispered with great deference and circumspection.
Note (;:;) page 33.
ToisHACH, or Mackintosh of Monyvaird, chamberlain under
the Earl of Perth, held his court of regality, with the powers of
pit and gallows^- and, if report speaks true, was in the habit of
condemning a victim to be hanged on each court day, by way of
a salutary example, to remind the neighbouring thieves that the
like doom awaited the guilty. Others say, that the person allud-
ed to in the old saying, was Mackintosh of Mackintosh, part of
whose property is situate in Lochaber, such as Keappoch, Glen-
roy, Glenspean, &c. where he held a regality court for the same
wholesome purpose. The Mackintoshes trace theh' lineage frora
Macduff) Thane of Fife.
Note ( j/) page 40.
INIacrusail, or Macuswell, i. e. Maxwell, is said to have sto-
len into the nunnery in that little island, near Kenmore, at the
east end of Lochtay, the ruins of which are still to be seen, and
add much to the beauty and grandeur of the surrounding scene-
ry. Maxwell, who was remarkably handsome and young, found
it no great difficulty to gain entrance into this religious house,
dressed as a female ; and, by his address and personal charms,
found it an equally easy task to slip into the good graces of one
or two of the pious sisterhood ; the natural consequence of which