Edie Ochiltree Statue Abbotsford House Near Melrose Roxburghshire Scottish Borders Scotland
submitted by uklmhb
on 05/24/16
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Tour Scotland video of the Edie Ochiltree statue outside Abbotsford House on the banks of the River Tweed near Melrose on ancestry visit to Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders. Edie is a character from the novel The Antiquary written in 1816 in by Sir Walter Scott. Edie is shown with a long hair and beard, and wide brimmed hat, a typical itinerant with walking stick and bags slung from his shoulder strap. Edie was a Gaberlunzie, a medieval Scots word for a licensed beggar.
