the Woman had brew'd the Day before to be ready for her Lying-in. She told me, that they baptized the Infant by the Name of Joan, which made her know she was pregnant of a Girl, as it proved a few Days after, when ſhe was delivered. She added alſo, that it was common for the Fairies to make a Mock-Chriſtning when any Perſon was near her Time, and that according to what Child, male or female, they brought, ſuch ſhould the Woman bring into the World.
But I cannot give over this Subject without mentioning what they ſay befel a young Sailor, who coming off a long Voyage, tho' it was late at Night, choſe to land rather than lie another Night in the Veſſel: being permitted to do ſo, he was ſet on ſhore at Duglas. It happened to be a fine Moon-light Night, and very dry, being a ſmall Froſt; he therefore forbore going into any Houſe to refreſh himſelf, but made the beſt of his Way to the Houſe of a Siſter he had at Kirk Merlugh. As he was going over a pretty high Mountain, he heard the Noiſe of Horſes, the Hollow of a Huntſman, and
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