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1 4 o BYGONE SCOTLAND. The vehemence of an outrageous fisherman is quenched in his own element. " George Blak, boatman, is discernit to be doukit owr the head in the sea, and also to pay forty shillings to the common gude for that he keist Fothringham, ane workman, our the shore [pier], and also struck Andro Cowtie, ane other of them, upon the face. " A worthless fellow is awarded the punishment of a woman : " Sande Hay, for troublance made upon Andro Watson, is discernit for his demerits to be... put in the cuck-stule, there to remain until four hours efter noon. " This is how an objectionable couple is got rid of: " Alexr Clerke and Elesabeth Stevenson, * being banishit this burgh for their demerits, pykerie, and reset, and grite sumptuous spending by nicht, has contemptuously come to the town, contrair to the statutes ; whairfore they are adjudgit Sande to be nailit to the tron by the ear, and Elesabeth brunt upon the check, and they be again banishit for all the days of their life. * As a rule and indeed the custom has not yet entirely ceased in the country districts of Scotland wives retained their full maiden names after marriage, and in both sexes the christian or given name was held to be as doubtless it virtually is the proper designation of a person, the surname indicating the family or clan to which he or she belonged.
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