Erceldoune
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A third legend centres in Thomas of Erceldoune.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
Thomas remained several years in his own tower near Erceldoune, and enjoyed the fame of his predictions, several of which are current among the country people to this day.
From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott
Thomas of Erceldoune, during his retirement, has been supposed, from time to time, to be levying forces to take the field in some crisis of his country's fate.
From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott
Thomas of Erceldoune, a personage less shadowy than some of those commemorated in this chapter, is known to have lived in the thirteenth century.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Edwin Sidney Hartland
He derived his territorial appellation from the village of Erceldoune, in the county of Berwick, lying on the river Leader, about two miles above its junction with the Tweed.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
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