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326 MINSTRELSY OF
with several other poems on this subject, have been
printed in various forms.
The grave of the lovers is yet shewn in the church-
yard of Kirconnel, near Springkell. Upon the tomb-
stone can still be read — Hie jacct Adamus Fleming ; a
cross and sword are sculptured on the stone. The for-
mer is called^ by the country people, the gun with
which Helen was murdered ; and the latter, the aven-
ging sword of her lover. *SV< Ulis terra levis ! A heap
of stones is raised on the spot where the murder was
committed : a token of abhorrence common to most
* This practice has only very lately become obsolete in Scotland.
The editor remembers, that, a few years ago, a cairn was pointed out
to him in the King's Park of Edinburgh, which had been raised in
detestation of a cruel murder, perpetrated by one Nicol Muschet, on
the body of his wife, in that place, in the year 1720.
with several other poems on this subject, have been
printed in various forms.
The grave of the lovers is yet shewn in the church-
yard of Kirconnel, near Springkell. Upon the tomb-
stone can still be read — Hie jacct Adamus Fleming ; a
cross and sword are sculptured on the stone. The for-
mer is called^ by the country people, the gun with
which Helen was murdered ; and the latter, the aven-
ging sword of her lover. *SV< Ulis terra levis ! A heap
of stones is raised on the spot where the murder was
committed : a token of abhorrence common to most
* This practice has only very lately become obsolete in Scotland.
The editor remembers, that, a few years ago, a cairn was pointed out
to him in the King's Park of Edinburgh, which had been raised in
detestation of a cruel murder, perpetrated by one Nicol Muschet, on
the body of his wife, in that place, in the year 1720.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 2 > (338) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80618747 |
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| Description | Vol. II . |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.18 |
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| Description | Consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17-19 |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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