THE AGE OF CREDULITY.
TO'-THE BPITOB Of THB PRKBB g; r Your readers who, have been following the" correspondence on this subject, and , possibly otbefß, will, be interested in the following taken, from, the "Weekly Scotsman" for January 17th, 1931: . The evil spirits which - haunt the • Moray Firth coast "and hamper the fishermen in their work were successfully scattered for another yea,r ut-Burgbead on Saturday ,|iight, when the ceremony of 'fßurain' tho Clavie/'the last link with the Drmdical fire 1 worship of Pictish times, was carried out. Under the chtfrge of Mr. William .Peterkin,-who, yrith his father before f .him, has held-'the office of Clavie, Skipper for tna,ny years, the' clavie—an! Archangel tar barrel flUed with combustibles and a long pple was borne through' the streets to the Doorie Hill, whereat burned' itself out. , ■ —Yours, etc., ' A. PAGAN.. March 2nd, ,1931.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20176, 3 March 1931, Page 11
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