Kirkcudbrightshire
Britishnoun
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A variety, from Creetown in Kirkcudbrightshire, in which a portion of the nickel is replaced by calcium, has been called dudgeonite, after P. Dudgeon, who found it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
In Kirkcudbrightshire, one night about Hallowe'en two young ploughmen, returning from an errand, passed by an old ruined mill and heard within music and dancing.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney
He was the son of a gardener, and was born at Arbigland in Kirkcudbrightshire.
From This Country of Ours by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
Next turns up in Scotland, assistant to a doctor there; name Mair, locality Kirkcudbrightshire.
From Elster's Folly by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
According to a letter from Jean D. Montgomery printed in The County Gentleman in August, 1907, there is extant in Kirkcudbrightshire a legend on which this poem is probably based.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children by Lamb, Mary
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