lithcraig

Updated: May 18, 2025

Let Lithcraig attend." An opening was now made in the circle of nobles, and a man, dressed in a long black doublet, came forward, holding in his hands a rope, ready to be suspended, and to suspend, in its turn, the disobedient warder. "Throw thy cord over the buttress, there," cried one of the nobles; "give the noose mouth enough to tell its own tale, and I will answer for it bringing out his."

Various - Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III