...grimoire. In Border folklore the ' wondrous wizard ' of Sir Walter's Lay is credited with having 'cleft the Eildon Hills in three, and bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone ; ' and his grave is of course shown in Melrose Abbey. Nay, the ' Jingler's Room ' in Oakwood Tower, near Selkirk,...

...in Notre Dame ! Some of his skill he taught to me ; And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone ; But to speak them were a deadly sin ; And for having but thought them my heart within, A treble penance...

...Cribden and Hameldon, near at hand; Snowdon, in Wales ; and the Eildons, near Melrose. " He cleft the Eildon Hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone." Radisher Wood. — The Monkbretton Register, describing the boundaries of Holcombe forest as given...

...than, after six hundred years, we know of his namesake, the great wizard who spoke ' The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone." And yet, perhaps, it is as much as he would have thought us entitled to know. It was not then the fashion...

...in Notre Dame I Some of his skill he taught to me; And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of atone ; But to speak them were a deadly sin; And for having but thought them my heart within, A treble...

...Notre Dame ! Some of his skill he taught to me : And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that deft Eildon hills in three. And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone; But to speak them were a deadly sin . And for having but thought them my heul within, A treble penance...

...magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre-Dame ! ' It was he also who spoke ' The words that cleft Eildon hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone.' Sir Michael Scott of Balwearie flourished during the thirteenth century, and travelled much abroad....

...in Notre Dame ! Some of his skill he taught to me; A.nd, warrior, I could say to thee Tue words that cleft Eildon Hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone1 But to speak them were a deadly sin. And for having but thought them my heart within A treble...

...! Some of his skill he taught to me; And, warrior, I could say to thee The words that cleft Eifdon Hills in three, And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone: ' But to speak them were a deadly sin, And for having but thought them my heart within A treble penance...

...which serve pretty well for drapery, used to be pointed out by the keeper as the vera effigies of him who cleft Eildon Hills in three, and bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone. HISTORICAL SKETCH. The history of the abbey is rich in materials, were there room on the present occasion...