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Stirlingshire
/ -ʃə; ˈstɜːlɪŋˌʃɪə /
noun
- a former county of central Scotland: mostly became part of Central Region in 1975: now covered by the council areas of Stirling, Falkirk, and East Dunbartonshire
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Falkirk, a parliamentary burgh of Scotland, in Stirlingshire, 21 miles west by north of Edinburgh.
He says that tradition points out the "green wood" of the ballad in the ancient forest of Dundaff in Stirlingshire.
At Struthill, in Stirlingshire, was a well famous for its healing virtues in madness.
At Craig Mady, in Stirlingshire, the newly wedded used to crawl through a dolmen.
Another important centre was the midland coal-field of Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire, where the mortality was mostly autumnal.
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