The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-06-19

was upon him, for when she is heard
singing, death or disaster awaits the
hearer. Three DAYS later he was
found dead.
There is a strange Shetland rune
OF incantation, which is uttered as a
spell to send "the Guild Folk" about
their business:
"By the twelve white apostles,
By the eleven evangelists,
And by the ten holy commandments,
By the nine angels,
By the flowing of the Eight Rivers,
By the seven stars of the world,
By the six days of Creation,
By the five who pass at death,
By the four gospels
By the three who weave and sever,
By the two white Beings clad in green
And by the lonely spirit,
To the mountain hollow!
To the hill hollow!
TIC the hollow; the hill"
The color "green" is sacred and
mystic for the ''guid folk" Of the hills
arc clad in green, the fatal siren of
the hillside is always seen in green
robe. "Black Donald" when he ap-
rears to mortals is always ga tall,
gaunt stranger clad in green" The
road to Paradise that leads out of the
Valley of the Shadow of Death is ian
upland way of shining green" The
souls of the blest and the spirit of
God are sometimes revealed in q
"green gloom tremulous with golden
light"
Many Oaths were used exclama-
tGrily in the Hebrides and were called
by the Scots "papisticaP'; "By the
lonely one," meaning either Judas or
the Wandering Jew; "By Mary; "By
the Road; "By the Brook" and "Son
of Mary" quite frequently was used.
"By the Stones" "The Stones" are
remnants of pagan temples, many of
which are found in Scotland. The
Gaelic phrase so often heard, "I am
going to the stones" or "I have been
at the stones," instead of 81 am going
to or have been at church" When a
faithful child suddenly fell into a deep
slumber an isles woman would say
that it was because of the Smoothing
OF the Hand" 1t was always a pro-
found sleep and was regarded as a
sacred thing and never to be disturb
ed.
In Scotland are many old castles
which are believed to be haunted. The
most famous is Glamis Castle.
Eere Duncan was murdered by Mac
beth, who later fell heir to the castle.
The kew is known to only three peo-
Pile The Earl of Strathan was seen
playing cards with Satan. Scott spent
the night in this weird castle, but
later remarked "that it was far from
the living and too near the dead"
We know that the Scotch believed
III ghosts from Burns realistic de-
scription of the haunted Kirk of Allo-
way in Tam O. Shanter. Burns father
was buried in the churchyard of AL
lOway Kirk and Burns asked Captain
Grose to make drawing of it with
its witches and apparitions. Captain
Grose consented, provided the poet
would furnish a witch story to be
printed along with it. Tam o Shanter
written for the occasion. Many
strange tales are told relating to AL
loway Kirk, Of a passerby being pu;
sued by vengeful hags or witches
until he had reached the River Doom.
II he succeeded in reaching the middle
Of the stream without the hags catch
ing him, he was safe. 1t is a we'll
known fact that evil spirits have no
power to pursue any further than the
middle Of the next running stream.
Many ancient .superstitions were
connected with the Sabbath and es-
pecially with the punishment dealt
out TO those who desecrated the Holy
Day. A carpenter, who made peg,