Author Topic: The birth of Srah Greig  (Read 998 times)

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Re: The birth of Srah Greig
« Reply #9 on: Friday 11 April 25 15:27 BST (UK) »
Origin of the name "Relivourkie" taken from Landmarks of Scottish life and language William Lytteil, 1877

[Following on from a discussion of a site near Ettrick Bay, reputedly a burial place of the mythical Fomorians.]

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Traces of these sea-rovers may also be found in the name of Reilivourkie, that is, the barrow or grave-mound of the champions; and although the barrow and its rude kistvaens have been removed, the site may still be seen on the south-east side of the road, near Greenan-mill.
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Re: The birth of Srah Greig
« Reply #10 on: Friday 11 April 25 15:48 BST (UK) »
Greenan Mill seems to have been a local hotspot and Glasgow tourist destination, known for John Martin, the "jolly miller". Snippets are in chronological order:

22 December 1854: Glasgow Herald
[the jolly miller prosecuted]

22 March 1856: Buteman
[farmers' sons]

20 February 1861: Glasgow Herald
[a concert]
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Re: The birth of Srah Greig
« Reply #11 on: Friday 11 April 25 21:21 BST (UK) »
it is sensitive to spelling and doesn’t easily pick up a variety of spellings.
It doesn't pick up any spelling variations and you can't use wildcards.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.