[ [169] “Frock and hood,” i.e., the usual garments of monks or hermits.
[ [170] “That monk,” etc., i.e., the impending danger ... had drawn that monk, etc.
[ [171] A mountain near the head of Loch Lomond.
[ [172] The Druids were the priests among the ancient Celtic nations in Gaul and Britain. They worshiped in forests, regarded oaks and mistletoe as sacred, and offered human sacrifices.
[ [173] Sheep pen.
[ [174] Bird.
[ [175] Black letter, the name of the Old English or modern Gothic letters used in old manuscript and early printed books.
[ [176] Mysteries.
[ [177] A malicious spirit supposed by the superstitious Scotch people to inhabit lakes and rivers, and to forebode calamity.
[ [178] A fairy supposed to indicate coming death or disaster by her lamentations.