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Re: The Black Sow Of Rimside Moor
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Gavin Douglas wrote:
There are other legends and ghost stories connected with Rimside, so maybe a folk memory of old has survived?

Aye? Do tell Mr Douglas, that sounds interesting.

Rimside is an evocative place, even on a nice sunny day. I've been near there after dark (Millstone burn rock art) and the thought of wandering about in that heather in search of livestock, especially after midnight? Well, I can't see how that could be a fun experience.

It's interesting that it gets no mention in Dixon's 'Whittingham Vale', so maybe the tale had already fallen out of use by the turn of the 19th/20thC.


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Hob
Posted by Hob
24th July 2007ce
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