334 Rev. T. Leishman on Customs and Superstitions. 



January 6, 1646. " Mr. William Weemes [Roxburgh] 

 having required the advyce of the brethren, how to censure 

 such persons who went in the habit apperalled as Gysarts on 

 Yuill day, the brethren thoucht the woman delated by him 

 should mak satisfactioun and public confession, and the boy 

 to be corrected as a chyld by his parents." 



June 23, 1646. " Patrick Tait, parochiner of Makerstone, 

 challenged for saying that giff he got not his seek, whilk he 

 wanted, he wold goe to the divell, and get it." 



January 18, 1648. " Mr. William Weems acquaints the 

 Presbyterie what had befallen ane woman in his paroch, how 

 that shee, being with chyld, and having laboured in birth for 

 a tyme, therafter left off, the women leaving hir, and she 

 being in the hous at night, only one litle lass being with hir, 

 she was carried away into the fields by ane number of women, 

 as shee thought: whair being delivered, her chyld was taken 

 from her, and shee againe brought home to the hous." 



May 11, 1648. " Mr. William Weems, having craived 

 the advyse of the brethren anent ane Robert Lumsden in 

 Roxburgh, of whom it is reported that he had sought coore 

 for his child of ane woman in Roxburgh, by chairming, and 

 that he had craived directions from her, and returning home, 

 ane foile dyed before his doare, and the chyld recovered. He 

 is lykwayes reported to have used sick courses in tymes by^ 

 past for coore of ane other chyld, going to the same woman 

 some thrie yeires ago." 



May 30, 1648. "No exercise, because of want of auditors, 

 all being at ane raice hard by Kelso." 



May 30, 1648. '* Robert Lumsden confessethe that he 

 went to such ane woman, and asked her if shee could help his 

 chyld, but denyes that he receaved any directiones from her. 

 Item, he is questioned whither or no at ane other tyme, hav- 

 ing ane other chyld sick, he went unto the same woman, and 

 receaved directiones from her, shee asking him whither he 

 had any dogs with him, for something, as she said, must go, 

 wher unto he answered, that he had tuo, and whe of them he 

 would lett goe ? he answered the ould dog, whilk immediatly 

 dyed. All this he denyes." 



October 31, 1648. ''Mr. William Penman [Morbattle] 

 craives the advyse of the brethren anent the censur of charm- 

 ing, having caused summond Johne Douglas, a charmer of 

 horse, before the Presbytery, who had confest the samen, and 

 gave up his charm, as followes: / raid, or I was claid; 1 

 raid, or I was fed; I raid, or I cam on the sea; Fercie theif, 1 



