Anderson’s History of the Family of Fraser, p. 114:—“Hugh, son of the
10th Lord Lovat, was born on the 28th September, 1666. From a large
black spot on his upper lip he was familiarly called, Mac Shimidh
Ball-dubh, _i.e._, black-spotted Simpson or Lovat. Three chieftains
were distinguished at this time by similar deformities—(1) Mac Coinnich
Glùn-dubh, _i.e._, black-kneed Mackenzie; (2) Macintoshich Claon, _i.e._,
squint-eyed MacKintosh; (3) Sisealach Càm, crooked or one-eyed Chisholm.”
[4] See Nos. XXVI. and XXVII. of the _Celtic Magazine_, Vol. III., in
which this question is discussed at length.
[5] For full details of this act, which afterwards proved the cause
of such strife and bloodshed, see Mackenzie’s “History of the Clan
Mackenzie”.
[6] Highlands and Isles of Scotland, p. 111.
[7] The late Colonel John Constantine Stanley, son of Lord Stanley of
Alderley, who married Susan Mary, eldest daughter of the late Keith
William Stewart Mackenzie of Seaforth.
[8] Vide Buch. Lib. xiii.
[9] For several of these in England and the South of Scotland, see
_Celtic Magazine_, Vol. III., pp. 52-53.
[10] Dr. Buchan, Secretary of the Lancashire Insurance Company at
Inverness, a gentleman rarely surpassed in his knowledge of Celtic
Legendary Traditions and Folklore, and to whom the writer is much
indebted for these remarks on Hallowe’en.
[11] Since this was first published, the late Alexander Fraser,
Registrar, Inverness, a well-known Northern Antiquarian, wrote four full
and most interesting papers, entitled, _Northern Folk-lore on Wells and
Water; with an Account of some interesting Wells in the neighbourhood of
Inverness and the North_, which appeared in the _Celtic Magazine_, Vol.
III., pp. 348, 370, 419, and 456.
THE END.
A. KING AND CO., ABERDEEN.