| Page. | |
| [Chapter I.] | |
| Traditional Witchcraft Described | [1] |
| [Chapter II.] | |
| Witch Narrative | [21] |
| [Chapter III.] | |
| Witchcraft Trials and Persecution | [66] |
| [Chapter IV.] | |
| Fairies and Brownies | [142] |
| [Chapter V.] | |
| Wraiths and Warnings | [198] |
| [Chapter VI.] | |
| Death Customs and Funeral Ceremony | [216] |
| [Chapter VII.] | |
| Ghost Lore and Haunted Houses | [244] |
| [Appendix.] | |
| (a) Surprising Story of the Devil of Glenluce | [302] |
| (b) A True Relation of an Apparition which Infested the house of Andrew Mackie, Ringcroft of Stocking, Parish of Rerwick, etc. | [321] |
| (c) The Laird o’ Coul’s Ghost | [344] |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Page. | |
| The Witches’ Ride | [4] |
| “And Perish’d Mony a Bonny Boat” | [12] |
| The Carlin’s Cairn | [35] |
| A Witch-Brew and Incantation | [38] |
| “A Running Stream they dare na cross” | [69] |
| A Witch Trial | [85] |
| The Burning of the Nine Women on the Sands of Dumfries, April 13th, 1659 | [114] |
| Penance | [125] |
| “In Fairy Glade” | [152] |
| “Riddling in the Reek” | [167] |
| An Eerie Companion | [206] |
| “Deid Lichts” | [211] |
| Funeral Hospitality | [222] |
| A Galloway Funeral of Other Days | [238] |
| The Headless Piper of Patiesthorn | [266] |
| The Ghost of Buckland Glen | [271] |
| “To Tryst with Lag” | [280] |
| Ringcroft of Stocking | [324] |
| Tail-pieces. | |
| Page. | |
| A Threefold Charm ’gainst Evil | [20] |
| Witch Stool and Brooms | [65] |
| Witch Cauldron, Ducking Stool, and Stake | [141] |
| To Kep Skaith | [197] |
| A Midnight Revel | [215] |
| Haunted | [243] |
Witchcraft and Superstitious Record
IN THE
South-western District of Scotland.