After listening to you talk about this, I looked up the names on the floor. Imagine my surprise when two of my Scots ancestors surnames were listed! We know that one of them came from the south, I don't remember where, but it's fascinating to me. Thank you Robert, you can make the past come alive.
I’m a descendant of the Reivers - the Pringles (Hoppringils). The history of the Border Reivers is unlike anything else I’ve ever read about, absolutely fascinating. Thank you for the video! ❤
I have many, many ancestors that were taken from the Scotish Borders and transplanted into Ulster. A hundred years later, they left Ireland and headed for America. In defiance of the king's edict and with the promise of free land, they settled in the valleys and highlands of Southern Appalachian Mountains. Here we're known as Hilbillies- a badge that I wear proudly. I'm not so sure "The Curse" would put fear into the hearts of any good lowland Scot. Great video-Great website.
I just came across the Appalachian storytelling one was about Jeanie the witch and I just clicked on this video it's a coincidence that the two of them were meant for me to watch it I'm from Dundee city Scotland
The stone is a work of art,so there's one reason to keep it...Thank you for a fabulous story on a Sunday Robert,I really enjoyed it!Scotland just floors me with it's beauty❣
That stone masonry is just breathtaking. All around the doors and windows. Especially when you consider the basic tools they would have had when building those churches. Such talent speaks volumes. Got to love a superstitious ornament! Never mess with a hex people 😉
The ruin is Whithorn Priory, about 3 miles from the farm I grew up on. I was a bit shocked at the stone work. I’d never fully appreciated it until I went there deliberately. 😂
@@scotlandunplugged I have to confess I have only really just started to appreciate stone masonry and old buildings and how they constructed them. I think we just reach an age where appreciating things like history and all of its aspects becomes a reality. It really does shock me how much of my own town I have only just realised has some beautiful architecture. I feel like I was walking around in my sleep mask 😂😂😂
Another home run from this side of the pond. I discovered my family is descended from a riding clan, ( not the noblest or proudest branch) that raided along the border. There's even a poem, or song, about the treachery we instigated to allow another highlander to be killed in an unfair fight. Anyway, congrats on shaking the cold from the previous podcast. You are doing a wonderful job!
Hello there fellow Hall. One point - the Reivers weren't Highlanders per se, the did their business on the Anglo-Scottish Border, which is considered the Lowlands. There was a clash where the Highlanders might have come up against the Reivers - at Flodden, and to paraphrase a line from the Scottish song, the Highlanders were 'sent homeward to think again' (as was much of the Scots army). Hall is still a very common name on the Border and (in my old telephone directory at least - Newcastle upon Tyne) one of the few names to give 'Smiths' a good run for their money. Don't believe that propaganda about the 'faithless' Halls - that type of duplicity and double dealing was the trademark of the Reiver, remember it was these lads that brought the term 'blackmail' into the English language. They were not a big family as the Armstrongs, Charltons or Elliots, they were not as well connected as the Kerrs or Fenwicks but their very continued existence speaks of their hardiness. I'm not sure if its made clear in this video, but the 'Cursing Stone' is actually an art installation in Carlisle, one of the English border strongholds, which is fitting as the English were as much a part of the Reivers as were the Scots.
Young's artwork inadvertently entrains readers into "walking widdershins" around it while reciting the curse - which is a ritual in exorcistic magic, which is anathema for Christians even though it was traditional in many places for the deceased to be taken widdershins (anti-clockwise) around the churchyard before burial. The opposition to the artwork suggests that some Christians fear magic despite it being anathema. That I found fascinating. I offered to take it away and re-home it for them, but they decided not to part with it.
Enjoyed the story about the curse stone , my dad drove us to the area of the devils beef tub many years ago on a Sunday run in the car , one of his many mystery tours he took us on.
Hi Robert. As I listened, I wondered just how the archbishop got on, after he issued that curse and its reading across the land? Did it buy him brownie points or did he fall out of favor, as a man of the cloth, or did that have no effect on his ministerial duties to the people and the church? Clergy with Big Pants and Bloated Heads usually do not last very long, because they either outgrow the pants or their heads explode. You should "go pro" that early morning drive from one end to the other some day. That would be cool.
That explains a lot I am a Johnston(e) descendant and I know of at least 3 generations that have died young from prostate cancer though reeving days are over we still have a tendency to fight amongst ourselves
There is a small mountain between Banchory and Fettercairn in the NE of Scotland, called Clach Na Beinn, which means the mountain of the stone. The dimensions of the massive rock on top are said to match the Devils Beef Tub. Thanks for the video, ATB, Angus
Great video rob, its amazing how much we take for granted these days, imagine living in those times, if it doesnt teach oneself humbleness, then i dont know what will
Thank you Robert, I've no heard of this stone or the no so happy chappy that cursed it, but I bet ma Granny did (she was awfae superstition) Lovely castle and scenery 🥰 Spur's for dinner anyone 😂 Have a lovely day Robert ❤
I am in NZ and have been sitting here working on my family tree. My GG Grandmother was a Johnston who came out here from Scotland in the 1800s..watching this now has me wondering even more about the family history,lol
Carlisle Castle is believed to be where the origin of the song Loch Lomond began Two captured Scottish soldiers , one was to be executed and the other set free taking the high road Scottish soldiers dying on foreign lands believed their souls returned to Scotland through the underworld
My Graham family were reivers from Longtown just north of Carlisle. We were in Carlisle doing research but ten years before this exhibit. Thanks for sharing!
@@christabelleblue9901 my 5X and 6X great grandfathers were born there. My 5X great grandfather is buried in Penrith and we were even able to recognize his stone in the Kirk yard there at St. Andrews (I believe that’s the name).
I must admit I have cursed a few stones in my time. Usually after unintentionally kicking them. I have heard of this stone so it is good to finally get to see it. Thanks. When the 37th president of the USA was inaugurated attending the inauguration was the 36th president plus a well known religious leader. The 37th president would later talk to the first man to stand on the moon. The 36th president was Lyndon B, Johnson, The 37th was Richard Nixon and the religious leader was Billy Graham. The first man on the moon was, of course, Neil Armstrong. Them border reivers have come a long way.
@@scotlandunplugged If you go to the western end of the border and draw a circle 15 miles in diameter many of the people in that area are called Armstrong, Nixon or Johnsons. In the days of the border reivers the Nixon's rode alongside the Armstrong's, the Armstrong's being the top reiving family. Billy Graham always claimed to be related to the Scottish Grahams, even though most Grahams are English and he never knew where is ancestors came from.
@@shalacarter6658 Well they were what is known as "Interesting Times." Richard Nixon's vice president, Spiro Agnew, had to resign because he was being investigated for corruption. He made a plea bargain which meant he would resign and not do jail time. He resigned October 1973 and Nixon went 9th August 1974.
Neil Armstrong's family would most defiantly have been Border Reivers they came from Cumbria in the English borders, Richard Nixon's family were from the midlands of England, Lyndon B, Johnson's family were very early pioneers, it's not certain where his ancestor John Johnson came from but his wife came from St. Bartholomew, Lincolnshire, England, Billy Graham's family went via Northern Ireland but originate from Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Thankyou for this. (The Deil's Beefrub was where my boyfriend's car was almost spun off the road in the snow way back in the early 80s.) All the names were very interesting and they are the same as today all over Scotland. I would have liked it if you had read out the blessing from the stone.
Well, I saw where the name Armstrong came from for my Mom's side of the family. Very interesting. We did have a few cattle rustlers here in the states on my Mom's side. 😂😂
Amazing art on that stone Robert…..fancy coming up with a curse like that! Suppose when one has had enough of something…….interesting, please keep the videos coming Robert.❤️🇦🇺🏴
Come from Both Scottish and English Reivers, Mainly the Hendersons , family has lived in the area since then and mainly still do I really hate how Border history has been erased Folklore once seen as border folklore is now solely Scottish Our history is more linked , be that during the times of Rheged or Strathclyde even during the times of the Reivers we border folk had more in common than we did with our crowns We are border folk and should be proud of it and hopefully the Erasure of our history by either Govt is reversed
Spurs on plate 😂 Where on earth do you find these little nuggets? I can fully get why its called "Beeftub". Where else would you store your raided beef. God bless the Scots❣️
My maiden name is Bell and my Bell ancestors came from Scotland. We were also Presbyterians. West Marche then Paisley. My Grandfather Bell used to joke that we were horse thieves and murderers in Scotland!😎🇺🇸
"The Devil's Beeftub," "The Devil's Punchbowl"... somehow, raiders, highwaymen, and any thief that disappears into a depression in the landscape earns the poor geography that infamous owner. Another wonderful episode. Thanks for telling about this! (Point of curiosity: about how many times, on average, do you perform your introductions to get all of those excellent jump-cuts?)
Thank you! Usually a couple of takes does it. It can take a few goes to get my voice warmed up. That sounds a bit over the top bit it definitely makes a difference. 😂
The revivers of the borders have spread across the world,but the best gathering of those men was in 1969 after an Armstrong was the first to step on the moon and to welcome him back on his return was a pastor Graham a president Johnstone and a vice president Nixon all descendants of those reviving families of the borders…didn’t they fair well after being stripped from their lands in the borders!!….
I don't think the Beeftub is a horrible black hole...beautiful scenery, & my they did exaggerate a bit in those days...🤣 I'm more afraid of destroying a priceless piece of history than of any "curse". I'm glad the stone is still there. It's cool...They could always exorcize it if they're really worried...
What I think is your small countries history is amazingly complex, but you're telling of it makes it so interesting! P.S. You are the second Parker I've texted today. James and I where hashing over basalt hexagon pillars! K.
Thanks for not reading out the entire curse. Wiccans tend to avoid curses. The problem is that whatever you send out comes back three-fold. So instead, Binding Spells are used. Those are designed to prevent someone from doing something wrong, even criminal. There is no good reason to be afraid of something like that coming back to you. Have you watched "Firefly", the all-too-short tv series and it's companion movie "Serenity?" There are Reivers in it and they are terrifying! It is much prettier down there than I had bee led to believe. I would smash that stone to dust!
@@scotlandunplugged I don't spend a lot of time asking ppl, but I would say Americans don't have a good grasp of Scotland's geography. In Nebraska, we hear from others, "Oh, Nebraska is flat." Well, yes, along the Interstate. But, it is a really beautiful state with lots of hills. :) Please show more of the South. :)
I think that we as a species are not smart enough to know everything that connects in our world. Where I’m not necessarily superstitious, I do believe that it is hubris to think that we are able to perceive everything.
After listening to you talk about this, I looked up the names on the floor. Imagine my surprise when two of my Scots ancestors surnames were listed! We know that one of them came from the south, I don't remember where, but it's fascinating to me.
Thank you Robert, you can make the past come alive.
I’m a descendant of the Reivers - the Pringles (Hoppringils). The history of the Border Reivers is unlike anything else I’ve ever read about, absolutely fascinating. Thank you for the video! ❤
That's awesome! I love your chips
@@thecurrentmoment 🤣🤣🤣 No relation!
I have many, many ancestors that were taken from the Scotish Borders and transplanted into Ulster. A hundred years later, they left Ireland and headed for America. In defiance of the king's edict and with the promise of free land, they settled in the valleys and highlands of Southern Appalachian Mountains. Here we're known as Hilbillies- a badge that I wear proudly. I'm not so sure "The Curse" would put fear into the hearts of any good lowland Scot. Great video-Great website.
I just came across the Appalachian storytelling one was about Jeanie the witch and I just clicked on this video it's a coincidence that the two of them were meant for me to watch it
I'm from Dundee city Scotland
"The Devils Beeftub"....Excellent Story!
The stone is a work of art,so there's one reason to keep it...Thank you for a fabulous story on a Sunday Robert,I really enjoyed it!Scotland just floors me with it's beauty❣
Carlisle; a place I usually pass by on my way north or, south but now I'm going to have to stop to explore it after watching this. Thank you.
I didn’t have time to go into the castle but looks interesting. Mary Queen of Scots did some time there 🙂
Another delight! Thank you.
Thank you!
That stone masonry is just breathtaking. All around the doors and windows. Especially when you consider the basic tools they would have had when building those churches. Such talent speaks volumes.
Got to love a superstitious ornament! Never mess with a hex people 😉
The ruin is Whithorn Priory, about 3 miles from the farm I grew up on. I was a bit shocked at the stone work. I’d never fully appreciated it until I went there deliberately. 😂
@@scotlandunplugged I have to confess I have only really just started to appreciate stone masonry and old buildings and how they constructed them. I think we just reach an age where appreciating things like history and all of its aspects becomes a reality. It really does shock me how much of my own town I have only just realised has some beautiful architecture. I feel like I was walking around in my sleep mask 😂😂😂
Another home run from this side of the pond. I discovered my family is descended from a riding clan, ( not the noblest or proudest branch) that raided along the border. There's even a poem, or song, about the treachery we instigated to allow another highlander to be killed in an unfair fight.
Anyway, congrats on shaking the cold from the previous podcast. You are doing a wonderful job!
Thank you!. I'm just glad my phone's back up and running! :-)
Hello there fellow Hall. One point - the Reivers weren't Highlanders per se, the did their business on the Anglo-Scottish Border, which is considered the Lowlands.
There was a clash where the Highlanders might have come up against the Reivers - at Flodden, and to paraphrase a line from the Scottish song, the Highlanders were 'sent homeward to think again' (as was much of the Scots army).
Hall is still a very common name on the Border and (in my old telephone directory at least - Newcastle upon Tyne) one of the few names to give 'Smiths' a good run for their money.
Don't believe that propaganda about the 'faithless' Halls - that type of duplicity and double dealing was the trademark of the Reiver, remember it was these lads that brought the term 'blackmail' into the English language. They were not a big family as the Armstrongs, Charltons or Elliots, they were not as well connected as the Kerrs or Fenwicks but their very continued existence speaks of their hardiness.
I'm not sure if its made clear in this video, but the 'Cursing Stone' is actually an art installation in Carlisle, one of the English border strongholds, which is fitting as the English were as much a part of the Reivers as were the Scots.
Young's artwork inadvertently entrains readers into "walking widdershins" around it while reciting the curse - which is a ritual in exorcistic magic, which is anathema for Christians even though it was traditional in many places for the deceased to be taken widdershins (anti-clockwise) around the churchyard before burial. The opposition to the artwork suggests that some Christians fear magic despite it being anathema. That I found fascinating. I offered to take it away and re-home it for them, but they decided not to part with it.
Great story. Keep it up. Love your show.
Thank you!
Great video Robbie, thanks for showing another part of Scotland that we don’t know or see
Thanks, Cameron! Any excuse to go for a drive along that road.
Great Story- Scottish history is amazing and I’m glad I found your channel Robert- thanks🏴!!
This is another wonderful story told with such passion and heart. Thank you for my Sunday favorite! 💜
I love going for runs to Moffat and the surrounding area. Its so barren but beautiful at the same time.
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS.
THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE. EAST TENNESSEE. 🐎
I'm voting on confirmation bias, but I could be wrong. ✨️Another fabulous tale of history.
Thank you!
Another banger of a story. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you!
" The Debateable Lands" If he didna curse the Willies! is that why a lot of Borderers are called Wullie!!?
It’s too late at night. I had to think about that 😂
Enjoyed the story about the curse stone , my dad drove us to the area of the devils beef tub many years ago on a Sunday run in the car , one of his many mystery tours he took us on.
P.F. Chisholm writes a cracking series of novels set this time set.
Hi Robert. As I listened, I wondered just how the archbishop got on, after he issued that curse and its reading across the land? Did it buy him brownie points or did he fall out of favor, as a man of the cloth, or did that have no effect on his ministerial duties to the people and the church? Clergy with Big Pants and Bloated Heads usually do not last very long, because they either outgrow the pants or their heads explode. You should "go pro" that early morning drive from one end to the other some day. That would be cool.
He seems to have lived to a ripe old age :-)
That explains a lot I am a Johnston(e) descendant and I know of at least 3 generations that have died young from prostate cancer though reeving days are over we still have a tendency to fight amongst ourselves
Ah, my Sunday is complete now! I just love your videos & can't wait for the latest one each week!
Thank you! Should be back in track now my phone is fixed 😂
There is a small mountain between Banchory and Fettercairn in the NE of Scotland, called Clach Na Beinn, which means the mountain of the stone. The dimensions of the massive rock on top are said to match the Devils Beef Tub. Thanks for the video, ATB, Angus
The stone is a part of history so it must stay. Thank you for sharing the story behind the stone Robert.🙂♥️
I think it’s safe now. It was a bit of a story for a while though 😂
I look forward to every story please keep them coming.
Wonderful story! I’d love to hear more about my new idol Agnes🎉
Agnes was an absolute legend. 😂
Love listening to your videos. Used to read stories but my eyesight not so good anymore. Fantastic substitute ❤
Great video rob, its amazing how much we take for granted these days, imagine living in those times, if it doesnt teach oneself humbleness, then i dont know what will
Wow!! That was one serious curse! 😳
He definitely wasn't messing about!
Thank you Robert, I've no heard of this stone or the no so happy chappy that cursed it, but I bet ma Granny did (she was awfae superstition) Lovely castle and scenery 🥰
Spur's for dinner anyone 😂
Have a lovely day Robert ❤
Well, me being a Johnston takes me back hearing you speak the name in context with thieves.
I had to keep double checking the spelling. Some people seem to add an E. 😆
I am in NZ and have been sitting here working on my family tree. My GG Grandmother was a Johnston who came out here from Scotland in the 1800s..watching this now has me wondering even more about the family history,lol
Thank you for sharing this story. Very interesting.
All very interesting. Thank you 🙏🙏👍👍🙏🙏
Delightful video! I love your channel!❤❤❤
Thank you!
Carlisle Castle is believed to be where the origin of the song Loch Lomond began
Two captured Scottish soldiers , one was to be executed and the other set free taking the high road
Scottish soldiers dying on foreign lands believed their souls returned to Scotland through the underworld
My Graham family were reivers from Longtown just north of Carlisle. We were in Carlisle doing research but ten years before this exhibit. Thanks for sharing!
I am a Graham also. Very proud to be! Information is scarce. Heritage dna submitted, hopefully trace to a border line!
Hello, from a fellow Carlisian Graham!
@@christabelleblue9901 my 5X and 6X great grandfathers were born there. My 5X great grandfather is buried in Penrith and we were even able to recognize his stone in the Kirk yard there at St. Andrews (I believe that’s the name).
Such interesting history & beautiful scenery. You tell sooo well. Thank you❤❤❤
Thank you! :-)
❤️🏴Unplugged, 👍😎🏴/🇺🇸
I must admit I have cursed a few stones in my time. Usually after unintentionally kicking them. I have heard of this stone so it is good to finally get to see it. Thanks.
When the 37th president of the USA was inaugurated attending the inauguration was the 36th president plus a well known religious leader. The 37th president would later talk to the first man to stand on the moon. The 36th president was Lyndon B, Johnson, The 37th was Richard Nixon and the religious leader was Billy Graham. The first man on the moon was, of course, Neil Armstrong. Them border reivers have come a long way.
My son has been researching Johnson and wow, he was a lunatic!
Interesting! I was surprised just how many names were on the list, and how many people I know with those surnames. 😳
@@scotlandunplugged If you go to the western end of the border and draw a circle 15 miles in diameter many of the people in that area are called Armstrong, Nixon or Johnsons.
In the days of the border reivers the Nixon's rode alongside the Armstrong's, the Armstrong's being the top reiving family.
Billy Graham always claimed to be related to the Scottish Grahams, even though most Grahams are English and he never knew where is ancestors came from.
@@shalacarter6658 Well they were what is known as "Interesting Times." Richard Nixon's vice president, Spiro Agnew, had to resign because he was being investigated for corruption. He made a plea bargain which meant he would resign and not do jail time. He resigned October 1973 and Nixon went 9th August 1974.
Neil Armstrong's family would most defiantly have been Border Reivers they came from Cumbria in the English borders, Richard Nixon's family were from the midlands of England, Lyndon B, Johnson's family were very early pioneers, it's not certain where his ancestor John Johnson came from but his wife came from St. Bartholomew, Lincolnshire, England, Billy Graham's family went via Northern Ireland but originate from Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
the reviers are my favourite people from our history ❤️ my grandmother was a Somerville
Awesome! 👏👌👍
Thankyou for this. (The Deil's Beefrub was where my boyfriend's car was almost spun off the road in the snow way back in the early 80s.) All the names were very interesting and they are the same as today all over Scotland. I would have liked it if you had read out the blessing from the stone.
Only way to find out - BRING IT HOME WITH YOU! 😁😁😁😁
Looks like it weighs a bit 😂
Another great story
Well, I saw where the name Armstrong came from for my Mom's side of the family. Very interesting. We did have a few cattle rustlers here in the states on my Mom's side. 😂😂
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Once again Robert you’ve stimulated my imagination..can’t ask for much more mate..regards Michael 🇦🇺
Brilliant as always. Thank you.🌹
The Archbishop of Glasgow was a man of many words, eh, Robert? Great story. Please tell us many more!
Thank you! Will do. 🙂
Amazing art on that stone Robert…..fancy coming up with a curse like that! Suppose when one has had enough of something…….interesting, please keep the videos coming Robert.❤️🇦🇺🏴
Will do! (Now I’ve got my phone back in order 😂)
Come from Both Scottish and English Reivers, Mainly the Hendersons , family has lived in the area since then and mainly still do
I really hate how Border history has been erased
Folklore once seen as border folklore is now solely Scottish
Our history is more linked , be that during the times of Rheged or Strathclyde even during the times of the Reivers we border folk had more in common than we did with our crowns
We are border folk and should be proud of it and hopefully the Erasure of our history by either Govt is reversed
Hi Robbie!
I need to switch over to my computer glasses. I thought that said, "The Mother of all Cruises."
😂 brilliant!
Another amazing presentation of your fascinating country! Thanks for sharing that beautiful place and its tumultuous history!
Thanks Stephen!
Mosstroopers. The source of the lawless culture of the USA.
Spurs on plate 😂 Where on earth do you find these little nuggets? I can fully get why its called "Beeftub". Where else would you store your raided beef. God bless the Scots❣️
Takes a bit of digging but the nuggets are the fun bit! 😂
Agree!
My maiden name is Bell and my Bell ancestors came from Scotland. We were also Presbyterians. West Marche then Paisley. My Grandfather Bell used to joke that we were horse thieves and murderers in Scotland!😎🇺🇸
😊brilliant, love this.❤
"The Devil's Beeftub," "The Devil's Punchbowl"... somehow, raiders, highwaymen, and any thief that disappears into a depression in the landscape earns the poor geography that infamous owner.
Another wonderful episode. Thanks for telling about this! (Point of curiosity: about how many times, on average, do you perform your introductions to get all of those excellent jump-cuts?)
Thank you! Usually a couple of takes does it. It can take a few goes to get my voice warmed up. That sounds a bit over the top bit it definitely makes a difference. 😂
@@scotlandunplugged That makes a lot of sense. Thank you for answering my question! :D
Great video. I like your twist on this story at the end.
Thank you. The best bit of making it was probably finding the twist. And the drive home (the road actually looks better the other way).
The revivers of the borders have spread across the world,but the best gathering of those men was in 1969 after an Armstrong was the first to step on the moon and to welcome him back on his return was a pastor Graham a president Johnstone and a vice president Nixon all descendants of those reviving families of the borders…didn’t they fair well after being stripped from their lands in the borders!!….
Love your videos ❤
Thank you!
The stone must go
I don't think the Beeftub is a horrible black hole...beautiful scenery, & my they did exaggerate a bit in those days...🤣 I'm more afraid of destroying a priceless piece of history than of any "curse". I'm glad the stone is still there. It's cool...They could always exorcize it if they're really worried...
I love the beeftub. The scenery on that road is amazing, but I’d forgotten it looks best going the other way.
Great video! My family lineage hails from the Borders. Have you done a video on Hawick?
Thank you! Not yet. I’ve been there, many moons ago. Nice place.
Love your accent
What I think is your small countries history is amazingly complex, but you're telling of it makes it so interesting! P.S. You are the second Parker I've texted today. James and I where hashing over basalt hexagon pillars! K.
Thank you! I probably had a similar conversation with him about it while stuffing my face with calzone last week 🙂
Great telling and story!
Thank you!
Do you know what the circle is about in the bottom of the ravine? Great tale btw
i seen that too. an old cattle pen?
It’s a drystone sheep pen 🙂
Great story! I say I’m not superstitious but yet I’m not going to test it to see if it’s true or not. Lol. Have a great week Robert. ❤❤
Haha. Fair enough! You too 🙂
Love the scenery... what was the circle fort? In the hills by the three rivers?
Those are drystone sheep pens.
That's quite the comprenisve curse !!! I'd hate to get on the wrong side of that guy ! Great video ! 🏴🇺🇲🏴🇺🇲
He was big on the persecution of early Protestants too, apparently. 😳
Happy to see my Family name on the floor
My family are from that area, moffat ,moffit, the Johnstones murdered the clan leaders, and my line comes to America in the 1630,s
Just a stones throw away. Moffat has the strangest toffee in the world.
I went to see it and my surname is one of the cursed. The woman told me not to go near it. Her face dropped.
it takes the curses
I have hunters in my family i sure hope that is why i am not cursed!
Thank you.
They must have all settled In Newcastle because all those surnames are here.
The heads of reiviers was robsons and Armstrongs
Thanks for not reading out the entire curse.
Wiccans tend to avoid curses. The problem is that whatever you send out comes back three-fold. So instead, Binding Spells are used. Those are designed to prevent someone from doing something wrong, even criminal. There is no good reason to be afraid of something like that coming back to you.
Have you watched "Firefly", the all-too-short tv series and it's companion movie "Serenity?" There are Reivers in it and they are terrifying!
It is much prettier down there than I had bee led to believe.
I would smash that stone to dust!
It’s a very underrated part of the country (but I’m biased) 🙂
@@scotlandunplugged I don't spend a lot of time asking ppl, but I would say Americans don't have a good grasp of Scotland's geography.
In Nebraska, we hear from others, "Oh, Nebraska is flat." Well, yes, along the Interstate.
But, it is a really beautiful state with lots of hills. :)
Please show more of the South. :)
I think that we as a species are not smart enough to know everything that connects in our world. Where I’m not necessarily superstitious, I do believe that it is hubris to think that we are able to perceive everything.
Definitely!
Foot & mouth was nationwide, floods happen, and Carlisle Utd are pretty shite most seasons. So it's not the stones fault🇬🇧✝️
Maxwell here
Is the circle ⭕️ at the bottom an ancient cattle enclosure?
It’s a sheep pen, I believe. I couldn’t get close enough because of the cross wind but thought it was a good image for livestock raiders 🙂
@@scotlandunplugged thanks for replying!
the curse is real. our name is on that walk.
CONCEDO NULLI
666 likes, I’ve gladly put it up to 667 😂
People have died when they believe they are cursed . As to whether a curse actually works, who can say? I haven't seen proof yet and hope I never do.😁
0:20, I'm sorry but I love that name. 👹🥩🛁😂