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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOODSHILL M0TE | Hoodshill and Mote Hoodshill and Mote Hoodshill and Mote Hoodshill and Mote Hoods Hill |
Revd. [Reverend] David Ritchee E.M [Established Minister] Mr. Andrew Dunlop Session Clerk Mr. Robert Walker Parish School Master Statistical Account. |
028 | A row of Cottage house one Storey high partly Slated and partly thatched the property of Severals at the north east end of the village of Tarbolton and on the road to Galston - opposite to this row is a Small common in a round turn of the road on which is an artificial mound of about 10 feet high above the general Surface and about 25 yards wide on the base and about 10 wide at the top and quite round which tradition points out to be once a Justice Seat - it was [always] Called the mote till a schoolmaster of the name of Hood whose scholars used it as their playground from this mans name it is now more frequently Called Hoodshill than the mote -. It is the only Common attached to the [Village] on which the annual June Fair is [Held] on the eve of which the youth of the [village] go around from house to house and [collect] either fuel or money for to erect a [fire] on the mote all the villagers partake [in] this annual custom and collect [around] the fire as long as it lasts some leaping and jumping & enjoying themselves [over] the Great Fire - This is the hill [Mentioned] by Burns in his poem of Dr. [Doctor] Hornbrook. " I had Gaen round about the hill'. no [more] be collected regarding this mote that what is stated in Statistical account of the Parish [1845] |
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