stocking." She was a great tyrant, and all the neighbours were afraid of her. She had
one brother who was drowned while fishing at the Black Head with a rod. The rod was
found on the rock, but his body was discovered only some days afterwards. The old folks
were of opinion that it was the "boggane,' that haunted the cave at the Black Head, which frightened him with his roaring, and that this was the cause of his falling into the water.
Old Etty had one daughter, Margot, whom she left heiress to the farm. She was a very good singer and dancer. She lived in the house alone, and it was a great haunt for the young men. She used to learn us to sing and dance. It was a meeting house for both sexes for many years. When she died, the house went soon to ruin. The little garden in front has disappeared, and the haggard, where as boys we used to play among the stacks of corn at "tip lift-thorran," is like the rest of the common, and Margot's old haggard is trodden like the highway."
OLD CREGNEISH FAMILY NAMES.
The old Cregneish people kept much to themselves, and not many strangers came to live in the village. The old family names were kept up from generation to generation, and consequently not much fresh blood was
