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... parts of ' The Black Dwarf . ' The original of the Black Dwarf - David Ritchie - was buried in Manor kirkyard eighteen years before I was born , but I have heard my mother speak of him , who had seen him , AND THE BLACK DWARF . 11.
... parts of ' The Black Dwarf . ' The original of the Black Dwarf - David Ritchie - was buried in Manor kirkyard eighteen years before I was born , but I have heard my mother speak of him , who had seen him , AND THE BLACK DWARF . 11.
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... David in his day . " Black Dwarf . " Why was this creature so named ? Not , I think , entirely or mainly from his personal appearance , as is generally supposed . We had up to his time a popular belief in a creature that haunted our ...
... David in his day . " Black Dwarf . " Why was this creature so named ? Not , I think , entirely or mainly from his personal appearance , as is generally supposed . We had up to his time a popular belief in a creature that haunted our ...
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... David Ritchie , or Bowed Davie , and hence the application to him of the cogno- men of the " Black Dwarf , " which indicated a mixture of humanity and something of fiendish malevolence . This creature would have passed away , unnoticed ...
... David Ritchie , or Bowed Davie , and hence the application to him of the cogno- men of the " Black Dwarf , " which indicated a mixture of humanity and something of fiendish malevolence . This creature would have passed away , unnoticed ...
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... lived in a cottage built by his own hands a queer creature , by name David Ritchie , but commonly known in the district as " Bowed Davie , " and by those kindly dis- posed to and familiar with him as simply " Davie 18 THE VALE OF THE MANOR.
... lived in a cottage built by his own hands a queer creature , by name David Ritchie , but commonly known in the district as " Bowed Davie , " and by those kindly dis- posed to and familiar with him as simply " Davie 18 THE VALE OF THE MANOR.
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... David Ritchie never wore shoes , —the extremi- ties of his legs being wrapped in rags and old stockings , with the toes always exposed , accord- ing to Mr Craig's account , summer and winter . There are wonderful stories of his strength ...
... David Ritchie never wore shoes , —the extremi- ties of his legs being wrapped in rags and old stockings , with the toes always exposed , accord- ing to Mr Craig's account , summer and winter . There are wonderful stories of his strength ...
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