Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-06-26

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..-'-' --'i'-t lisi-I EENRF WILSON,
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SCOTCH WIZARDS AND WARLOCKS.
I SuperstitieRs DARK shadoE, born Of
ionorsnee end fear, ruled the Scot
land Of the Middle Ages with q power
1 which almost ffvaled that OF religion.
The ghosts aBdspectFes OF the8pagsih
times, dim reflections east BY the rude
deities of the Piets, the NOrsemen
and the early Irish invaders, long
fingered IN lonely gieHs and rocky
valleys, by the sides OF desolate lakes
and by the ruins of old fOrtTossezoEe-
fusing to be exercised from their
strongholds by calm saints with bell.
/ book or candle, wrestling for their
new religion, which haa Peaeefull5
superseded the gFosseTi iE0Tshipsus In
the course Of centuries SeoEeh Chris
tianity gradually became adulterated
by an admixture of the old bei1ef, and
the Douglas and his follow efs, who
kheit BEFORE the shrine OF ST. 5AnoreR
/ in the morning, at evening shndfer-
ed As they rode along the sands past
the Kelp Flow, or imagined they
saw down a glade Of. the meonilt
woods the Queen OF Fairy holding
high revel in some clearing among
the sbraeken.s Though more 7nuHer-
GUS in the Highlands, these deseen-
dants of the old deities Of Scotland
were equally feared and dreaded IN
the more peacefuP and more clTfllZsa
lowlands. Even in the Catholie
times religion in Scotland, hard and
logical as the people were. always as
sumed a character more stern and
gloomy than that OF England 4Hlle
omnfpresence, the almost 5omnipo-
tence of the prince of evil, Has-a
vital and prominent article, Of the
creed Of the scotch preacher. before
even CalyanIsm acquired It's 70 ~ sway
over the national heart. iio1i b9mga
,-aOf all the beliefs lebgsudsRd 1bS
semi-ehristianized paeanismg sltllat
which took the deepest and most fatal
hold was the dread, OF witchcraft-
No Scot, wise or simple, but fuzzy be-
lieved, as mucff as ne believed oesse
main articles of ther Christian nEaitig
that hundreds of eankeFed Old NO
men, soured by poverty and soTroE,
sold themselves formally 70 the devil,
who al ppesred IN pTopTid pefsol1 q
see the bond signed with the 45Io0G
& ceremony aceompaniedoiby many
ludionOus yet ghsstlyF ObseiEaneeSE<
The blood Of men, farrseeing as Bruce
and lion-hearted as Wallace. has OF
ten run cold 20 -hear how once & year. =
az the witches an Hual, SAT- baJif,I
hags who seFvedr Satan asSemblefliot0
hear him prCacb and deFide The Felis-
ion Of Christ with ribald sernen and
demoniaeal prayers, Nor did men ot
later days, and more versatile biafhs,
like Sir David Lindsay or BuehSnafitt
ever question that Gal lOKaY7 Rftehes
eo1ldsmUtterw words that at OncestEans-
formed the brOOmstiek they bestrOde.
on the windy heath 10 flying horses,
that bore them swift away over lfirth
and tarn, nfountain peak and GLEN
steeples and roofs glitteFing silver riii
the mOOnshine, 70 thesN King Sos
E'raneeis cellars, where, in a circle
around the biggest butt Of Burguhdy.
The haggard "cumn ers" would cfst1
Ter and cnhckle IS they qnaHed the
stolen wine, till the time came IN
mount sgain the bonny steedss tllah
lad bEeHght then 50 cdefuy over the
No sudden sickness fe1r on a Seotehz-i
nan in the time of Barbour, or OF
Knox, but he at onee turned Dale.at
he sudden and sure eOnygeton that
le was. elf-shot, that 'sOme witch he
lad chidden for stealing wood, or fo
vhom he had refused pinch 81 oat-
neal, or mutehkin Of whisky had
asst agspelI over him, had repeatedI
be Lords Prayer backwards outside,
lis door, or had melted q Little, wax,
mgy of him over some enchanted
re. These fears, and such IS these,
acked and toymentedu the minds l0f
lary generatiOns of worthy Sc0tnlp-g
len, and led 10 the cruel persecution
nd horrible deaths of many thou-,
and Of rheumatic, half-erazed, bys-,
srical old women. 7AD y
A picturesque vet careful Summary
{ q fevr OF these witch tFials arile
low very perfectly the exact nature
this absuEd. belief, and the varied
laracter that it assumed as the dark
ass of superstition Hghtened Aor
sepened over the bleak noftherHs
nd where it had taken such firm
Iot.I 20 u7Eol q fgl .3L1I sriEu1 sdf1a
The Scottish witches seem to have,
gun their internal eantrips as early
the times OF, st. Patrick, when a
ing Of them, as that worthy and
srmfn-hating saint was crossing TO-
,otland, hurled q rock at him W hielb
ok ia now known as that lOufWhichn
Castle securely stands.
! 96S Kuff only saved himself from
mortal sickness. oy discovering
ne, and bfeakiag, q wax 1mag60f
mse4f meltiBg away at asEitUheSiS
e at FOEreS1 an Murray r. For this,
act several witches were
,molated. Alter this acute mon
ch, came Thomas, the RhYm
lonaas OF ErcifdouIe, as he was ustIg
N called, whom the Queen of1ehe
,irfes deeoyeti from the aTwe eed. side
sadows into Fairgland = Nor must
forget the great wizard Of the Lay
the Last Minstrel, Miehael Scott.
10 shook France and Spain with
spells and even split the Eden
Is Into three. And Iater came the
cked lencnanteF,s william LORD
ulis, who, when 10 sword or spear
I'D pierce him, wasdEOppsd intQas
! cauldron like ham, ana, AndsR
protest on his part, boifed
death. lsiaW ,itcA lIoE wsE sdT
But, leaving the swamp Of fetiOA
/ coming 70 the terra frma of fact,
US calmly state that an 1479 no less
than the Earl OF Mar,
slve "inean women, and several
Iards, were burnt al EdibgbuFg Tor
lting afEaEeH image Of the kingT
1 the year after it was currently Re-
ted that the 'yo0Rg lady of .MaFsq
formed = highly improper ae
lintanee with an Ineubuss while
1857 Lady GIammis, the young
! beautiful widow Of that pugnaei4
chieflain, Lord GlamHss, oFashe
! more generally and admiringi2
ed, Clear, the Causeway, and
granddaughter Of the grand cid
rderer, Archibald Bell-the-Cat,
] burnt for witehcraft, on. q false
rye Of poisoning her husband, and