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In the north-east of Scotland, for example, where a beggar, who had diagnosed a changeling, was allowed to try his hand at disposing of it, he made a large fire on the hearth and held a black hen over it till she struggled, and finally escaped from his grasp, flying out by the "lum."— The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology
In the second place, bairns toddling round a bit ingle make a house look like itself, especially in the winter time, when hailstanes rattle on the window, and winds roar like the voices of mighty giants at the lum-head; for then the maister of the dwelling finds himself like an ancient patriarch, and the shepherd of a flock, tender as young lambs, yet pleasant to his eye, and dear to his heart.— The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
He scrammilt aboot till he got the bag; syne he fand for his lum hat, an' put it on his heid.— My Man Sandy

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