Footnotes
[1] Conspicuous.
[2] Country.
[3] The Fairies.
[4] Flatteries.
[5] Trust to.
[6] This must have reference to Dr. Cameron on his first visit.—D. B.
[7] Sweetheart.
[8] Child.
[9] Palm.
[10] Gallows.
[11] My Catechism.
[12] Now Prince’s Street.
[13] A learned folklorist of my acquaintance hereby identifies Alan’s air. It has been printed (it seems) in Campbell’s Tales of the West Highlands, Vol. II., p. 91. Upon examination it would really seem as if Miss Grant’s unrhymed doggrel (see Chapter V.) would fit with little humouring to the notes in question.
[14] A ball placed upon a little mound for convenience of striking.
[15] Patched shoes.
[16] Shoemaker.
[17] Tamson’s mere—to go afoot.
[18] Beard.
[19] Ragged.
[20] Fine things.
[21] Catch.
[22] Victuals.
[23] Trust.
[24] Sea fog.
[25] Bashful.
[26] Rest.