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Marion Grant gave evidence that 'the Deuill, quhom thow callis thy god, apperit to thee in ane gryte man his licknes, in silkin abuilzeament
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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*raps silkin hed scarf around Gremlins hed, just in case*
I read your journal. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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She described him as 'ane honest wele elderlie man, gray bairdit, and had ane gray coitt with Lumbart slevis of the auld fassoun; ane pair of gray brekis, and quhyte schankis, gartanit aboue the kne; ane blak bonet on his heid, cloise behind and plane befoir, with silkin laissis drawin throw the lippis thairof; and ane quhyte wand in his hand'. [
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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In 1576 Bessie Dunlop met Thom Reid, who was clearly the Devil; he was 'ane honest wele elderlie man, gray bairdit, and had ane gray coitt with Lumbart slevis of the auld fassoun; ane pair of gray brekis and quhyte schankis, gartanit aboue the kne; ane blak bonet on his heid, cloise behind and plane befoir, with silkin laissis drawin throw the lippis thairof.' [
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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Deuill apperit to the, within this auchteine dayis or thairby, quhome thow callis thy god, about ane hour in the nicht, and apperit to the in ane gryte man his lickness, in silkin abuilzeament [habiliment], withe ane quhyt candill in his hand '. [
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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