The Darker Superstitions of Scotland, illustrated from History and PracticeRichard Griffin, 1835 |
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... blood . " By a superstition , dangerous to the innocent , which prevailed long in Scotland , as in all European coun- tries , this was assumed as a test of guilt in occult cases : -Were evidence defective , amidst pregnant presump ...
... blood . " By a superstition , dangerous to the innocent , which prevailed long in Scotland , as in all European coun- tries , this was assumed as a test of guilt in occult cases : -Were evidence defective , amidst pregnant presump ...
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... blood issued forth , it was accepted as a divine revelation of guilt . An- drew Smeaton having been brought to trial for the mur- der of a man found dead in the moss of Belnalow , a certificate by several persons was offered in defence ...
... blood issued forth , it was accepted as a divine revelation of guilt . An- drew Smeaton having been brought to trial for the mur- der of a man found dead in the moss of Belnalow , a certificate by several persons was offered in defence ...
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... blood issued from the nose , though none had appeared on the touch of the widow . He acknow- ledged his crime , and suffered for it . Here the test failed at first , which rendered the fact the more im- pressive , especially from a ...
... blood issued from the nose , though none had appeared on the touch of the widow . He acknow- ledged his crime , and suffered for it . Here the test failed at first , which rendered the fact the more im- pressive , especially from a ...
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... blood or the like ; yet , imediatlie while her finger was vpone it , the blood rushed out of it , to the great admiratione of all the beholders , whoe tooke it as ane discoverie of the murther , according to her awne pray- er . • Dittay ...
... blood or the like ; yet , imediatlie while her finger was vpone it , the blood rushed out of it , to the great admiratione of all the beholders , whoe tooke it as ane discoverie of the murther , according to her awne pray- er . • Dittay ...
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... blood . " * In the year 1688 , Sir James Standsfield having been found dead in a stream . He was interred precipi- tately . On exhumation , after resting two days in the grave ... blood ; as if the blood were crying to the 40 SUPERSTITIONS .
... blood . " * In the year 1688 , Sir James Standsfield having been found dead in a stream . He was interred precipi- tately . On exhumation , after resting two days in the grave ... blood ; as if the blood were crying to the 40 SUPERSTITIONS .
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