[ [319] 2. Kirk; the Scotch word for church.

[ [320] 3. Laird; lord.

[ [321] 10. Carlin; Scotch word for old woman.

[ [322] 35. Lützen; a town in Saxony, province of Prussia.

[ [323] 56. Tilly. "The barbarities of Count de Tilly after the siege of Magdeburg made such an impression upon our forefathers that the phrase 'like old Tilly' is still heard sometimes in New England of any piece of special ferocity."
—Whittier.

[ [324] 57. Walloon; from certain provinces of Belgium.

[ [325] 81. Snooded. The snood was a band which a Scottish maiden wore in her hair as a sign of her maidenhood.

[ [326] 99. Tolbooth; a name commonly applied to a Scottish prison.

[ [327] 117. Fallow; ploughed but unsown land.

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