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TO
HIS LOVING COUNTRYMEN,
WHETHER THEY ARE DENOMINATED
MEN OF THE SOUTH,
GENTLEMEN OF THE NORTH,
PEOPLE OF THE WEST,
OR
FOLK OF FIFE;
THESE TALES,
ILLUSTRATIVE OF ANCIENT SCOTTISH MANNERS,
AND
OF THE TRADITIONS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS,
ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,
BY THEIR FRIEND AND LIEGE FELLOW-SUBJECT,
JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM.
