Article IV written by Alexander Gunn was printed in the
Northern Ensign on 14 October 1880 – Part B
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Halloween by MacGeorge W
Source: www.ltscotland.org.uk
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Witches
"In my school days the belief in witches was as common as
the belief in fairies, and many a time our hair was made to stand on end
listening to wonderful and frightful witch-stories."
"An evil eye cast upon us would
subject us to pain and trouble all our days, which would not be very long,
should the spell not be mercifully broken."
"The “freit” would be taken out of
the milk of our cows, which rendered it unfit for use for man or beast and
rings of ivy were bound about the bodies of the cows as an antidote against
witch-craft."
My Comments:
Alexander Gunn talks in other articles about the devout
Christian upbringing he had and the strict observance of the Bible teachings in
his and other Badbea homes – yet along
side those beliefs, the ancient beliefs in magic and witchcraft persisted just as
they did all over Scotland.
“Freit” is a superstitious observance, omen or idea.
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