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Here is our #statacc post on prisons in late 18th-early 19th century Scotland. It has been a fascinating journey looking at Scottish crime and punishment. Enjoy! https://t.co/4vlAc7cUkk
How were people punished in the late-18th-early 19th centuries and earlier? Find out in our new #statacc blog post. [Picture: Tom Parnell via Wikimedia Commons] https://t.co/b3DZQt0roD
![statacc's tweet photo. How were people punished in the late-18th-early 19th centuries and earlier? Find out in our new #statacc blog post. [Picture: Tom Parnell via Wikimedia Commons] https://t.co/b3DZQt0roD https://t.co/YHg43FeF2P](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dz2PgNIWoAI49f6.jpg)
Discover the story of the fair Mego, who longed for the delicious fruit of the isle of Fraoch Eilean, Argyll and Bute, a dreadful serpent who guarded it, and her lover Fraoch who tried to gather the fruit. #statacc #folklorethursday #love
#OnThisDay in 1568 "the governments of the Regent Morton was driven to the miserable shift of passing an act of council for stripping the lead from the cathedral churches of Aberdeen and Elgin, and selling it to pay the troops." #statacc [Elgin Cathedral: Neil Parley [CC BY 3.0]]
![statacc's tweet photo. #OnThisDay in 1568 "the governments of the Regent Morton was driven to the miserable shift of passing an act of council for stripping the lead from the cathedral churches of Aberdeen and Elgin, and selling it to pay the troops." #statacc [Elgin Cathedral: Neil Parley [CC BY 3.0]] https://t.co/ZlJeGypwh3](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DzIXA8yWoAAWjSu.jpg)
"About the year 1449, Miss Martha Wishart, only daughter of the laird of Mireton, a lady of great beauty and accomplishments, fell deeply in #love with Mr Peter Beaton, at that time priest of Tullibody." Read what happened below. #statacc #folklorethursday
#OnThisDay #OTD in 1832 a dreadful epidemic, cholera morbus, showed itself in the city of Glasgow, and continued to 11th November. During that period there were 6208 cases, 3203 recoveries, and 3005 deaths. #statacc https://t.co/2ZxLZASUaP
#OnThisDay #OTD in 1806 Lady Flora Elizabeth Hastings was born in Edinburgh. She was a British aristocrat who became lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria's mother. Read about her life and reaction to a scandal she was subjected to here: https://t.co/V7aDp6XoHA #statacc
#OnThisDay 1599 "there is an order from the King and secret council for allowing the magistrates of Perth to take stones out of the quarry of Pittheaveless for repairing the Bridge of Tay, on payment of fifty merks yearly, until it be finished." #statacc https://t.co/tdkNDnT21s
#OnThisDay #OTD in 1732 Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, passed away. She had the present palace at Dalkeith built in 1702, and occasionally lived there in princely splendour. #statacc https://t.co/qXMDzpO1y5 [Picture credit: National Library of Scotland [Public domain]]
![statacc's tweet photo. #OnThisDay #OTD in 1732 Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, passed away. She had the present palace at Dalkeith built in 1702, and occasionally lived there in princely splendour. #statacc https://t.co/qXMDzpO1y5 [Picture credit: National Library of Scotland [Public domain]] https://t.co/FTTmYPhD2Q](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyuTF5VW0AAHPWS.jpg)
#OTD #OnThisDay in 1445 the Battle of Arbroath was fought at Arbroath Abbey. Read an account of the battle in #statacc https://t.co/ipz59a1T1p [Picture: Abbey of Aberbrothock (Arbroath) by R. W. Billings [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons]
![statacc's tweet photo. #OTD #OnThisDay in 1445 the Battle of Arbroath was fought at Arbroath Abbey. Read an account of the battle in #statacc https://t.co/ipz59a1T1p [Picture: Abbey of Aberbrothock (Arbroath) by R. W. Billings [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons] https://t.co/xzqJAQ7TF4](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxNFAHKXcAAjh1w.jpg)
Read our new guest blog post, written by two MLitt students, focusing on children in the Highlands at the end of the 18th century. Part 1 is here: https://t.co/LCLiiDwO7y #statacc
#OnThisDay #OTD in 1736 the Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor James Watt was born in Greenock, Renfrewshire. Read about his life in #statacc. https://t.co/Cwpn6S5ror
#OTD #OnThisDay in 1799 "Mr John Gardner of the Bucks Head, Glasgow, started a coach to Edinburgh with four horses, which performed the journey of 42 miles in 6 hours." #statacc https://t.co/vcydt7Nv4x [Image: John Cordrey [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons]
![statacc's tweet photo. #OTD #OnThisDay in 1799 "Mr John Gardner of the Bucks Head, Glasgow, started a coach to Edinburgh with four horses, which performed the journey of 42 miles in 6 hours." #statacc https://t.co/vcydt7Nv4x [Image: John Cordrey [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons] https://t.co/hWv6eKESxl](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwjTiiJW0AEUIks.jpg)
#OTD #OnThisDay in 1528 Tantallon Castle was surrendered to the royal forces of King James V of Scotland, having been occupied by Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus. #statacc https://t.co/IEouBFx56q [Photo: marsupium photography [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons]
![statacc's tweet photo. #OTD #OnThisDay in 1528 Tantallon Castle was surrendered to the royal forces of King James V of Scotland, having been occupied by Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus. #statacc https://t.co/IEouBFx56q [Photo: marsupium photography [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons] https://t.co/0FEUuOKjZc](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtQ1L4JXcAARXgh.jpg)
#OTD #OnThisDay in 1292 John Balliol was crowned King of Scots at Scone. #statacc https://t.co/grWJkkMuYA He was also known as Toom Tabard ("Empty Cloak") as, allegedly, at his abdication the arms of Scotland were formally torn from his surcoat. [Picture: John Balliol & his wife]
![statacc's tweet photo. #OTD #OnThisDay in 1292 John Balliol was crowned King of Scots at Scone. #statacc https://t.co/grWJkkMuYA He was also known as Toom Tabard ("Empty Cloak") as, allegedly, at his abdication the arms of Scotland were formally torn from his surcoat. [Picture: John Balliol & his wife] https://t.co/nyqR2H1uDp](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtPwUBqWsAEpWcF.jpg)
#OTD #OnThisDay in 1666 the Battle of Pentland Hills was fought at Rullion Green, Edinburgh. "The Covenanters, commanded by Colonel Wallace, were attacked by the King's troops, under the command of General Dalziel of Binns." #statacc https://t.co/4TF3OyZ5qm
#OTD #OnThisDay in 1638 the famous meeting of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland took place in the nave of Glasgow Cathedral. #statacc https://t.co/2pFa5igerx [Photo credit: Otter [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0] from Wikimedia Commons]
![statacc's tweet photo. #OTD #OnThisDay in 1638 the famous meeting of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland took place in the nave of Glasgow Cathedral. #statacc https://t.co/2pFa5igerx [Photo credit: Otter [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0] from Wikimedia Commons] https://t.co/qeX0kvdw6V](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DshtJYqXcAAkWgN.jpg)
On the evening of the 31st October, in Logierait, Scotland, a remarkable ceremony used to be observed. It involved the kindling of faggots: heath, broom, and dressings of flax tied upon a pole. #Halloween #statacc https://t.co/WWfoFVxwaM
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