J. F. Campbell Collection > Popular rhymes of Scotland

RHYMES ON PLACES. 45
Hen-nest and Hare-nest,
Cockliill and Cripplerest,
Belstane and the Belstane byres,
Bickleton lia' and the Guttermyres.
PLACES BETWEEN LANARK AND HAMILTON.
GiU Mill,
Canner- water and Whitehill,
Everwood and Doosdale,
Canner and Canner Mill,
Cannerside and Eawliill,
The Riccarton, the Rabbei'ton,
The Eaploch and the Ross,
The Menytown, the Skellytown,
Cornsilloch and Dalserf.
PLACES ON DOUGLAS WATER.
Crimp, Cramp, and the Grange,
Midlock and the Castle Mains,
Camp-seed, and Cow Hill,
Blackens, and the Nonnan Gill.
BIGGAR.
Edinburgh's big.
But Biggar's bigger.
EDINBURGHSHIRE.
ROSLIN.
In the old church at Roslin, there is a tombstone in the
pavement bearing- the outline of a knig-htly fig-ure, said to
have been Sir William Sinclair of Roslin, a contemporary
of Bruce. Under his feet, according- to a common custom
of the age, appears the figure of a dog. This circumstance
has given rise to a myth, which the peasant-folk who show
the church never fail to narrate to strangers. Sir William,
they say, in a hunting-match with King Robert, wagered
his head that a white deer which they started would be
pulled down by his dogs before it could cross the March
Burn. The animal being on the point of crossing the
brook untouched. Sir William, according to popular story,
shouted out —
' Help ! — baud an ye may,
Or Roslin will lose his head tliis day.'