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snakes twining their slimey folds around them.
The astounded father stood petrified with
horror at the appalling spectacle, but
was recalled to consciousness by the hissing
of the reptiles, which were preparing
to make him their prey also, but a timely
flight saved him. The neighbours were
assembled, and a young man of the
village the lover of one of unfortunate
sisters, boldly attacked the serpents and
succeeded in wounding both. It was now
their turn to seek for safety in flight;
and wriggling their way towards the
hills, hotly pursued by the youth and
his companions, they were overtaken and
destroyed at Balluderon near the bottom
of the Sidlaw Hills. It is said the three
monuments were sculptured and erected
in commemoration of this event, which
has also conferred celebrity upon the
fountain where the sisters where killed,
as it still bears from them the name of
the "Nine Maidens Well" Extract from
Forfarshire Illustrated, page 34.

* This stone is now used as a gate post
at the entrance to a garden, opposite the
East end of the Church-yard.
N.B.