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Rob Roy – Complete

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2017
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The MacRimmons or MacCrimonds were hereditary pipers to the chiefs of MacLeod, and celebrated for their talents. The pibroch said to have been composed by Helen MacGregor is still in existence. See the Introduction to this Novel.

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“Strike up.”

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A pike.

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[“The memory of Dunbar’s legal (?) proceedings at Jedburgh is preserved in the proverbial phrase Jeddart Justice, which signifies trial after execution.” —Minstrelsy of the Border, Preface, p. lvi.]

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This pithy verse occurs, it is believed, in Shadwell’s play of Bury Fair.

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