Historical Tales and Legends of Ayrshire
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BY WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1889) CONTENTS Preface The Feud of Glencairn and Eglinton The Roasting of the Commendator of Crossraguel in the Black Vault of Dunure King Haco's Battle with the Scots at Largs The Pre-Historic Sites of Ayrshire The Tethering of the Sow on the Lands of Kerse The Raid of Loudoun The Burning of the Ayr and Dairy Witches The Death of the Old King Coil The Story of the Tower of St. John's in Ayr How the Laird of Changue Thrashed the Deil King Robert the Bruce, his Ups and Downs in Ayrshire The Rover's Doom on the Carrick Shore King Alpin Slain in the Glen of Dunaskin The Trial of the Feudalists at Ayr in 1507 The Raid of Barbieston Glen Johnny Faa and the Earl of Cassillis' Lady (Maybole story) The Story of Kyle and Carrick Four Hundred Years Ago A Sheep's Head Begat Strife Between Auchinleck and Ochiltree The Wraith of Lord Lyinie The Kirk of Ayr Ruling the People A Daughter of the House of Dundonald The Lady of Hessilhead Outraged and Gabriel Montgomerie of Thirdpart Slain A Foul Fiend Reclaims a Cuninghame Drunkard Sir Robert Boyd of Dean Castle and his Last Combat with Steward of Darnley The Blood Test; or Murder on the Carrick Shore Revealed The Earl of Eglinton's Encounter Near Ardrossan "The Terror of the Whigs" Exorcises the Beanscroft Deil The Faithless Bride of Atket PDF of book available here