A Scottish name of the devil

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• The Devil's Dream — is an old fiddle tune of unknown origins. Played as either a jig or a reel, it is attested to as a popular tune from at least 1834 in New England.[1] It also appears in a folk tale from central England dated to c. 1805.[2] The Devil s Dream is,… …   Wikipedia

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• The Bottle Imp — (1891) is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson usually found in the short story collection Island Nights Entertainments . It was first published in the Herald New York (Feb March 1891) and Black and White London (March… …   Wikipedia

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• The Twa Magicians — or The Two Magicians is a British folk song. It first appears in print in 1828 in two sources, Peter Buchan s Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland and John Wilson s Noctes Ambrosianae #40. It was later published as number 44 of… …   Wikipedia

• Devil's Beef Tub — The Devil s Beef Tub. The Devil s Beef Tub is a deep, dramatic hollow in the hills north of the Scottish town of Moffat. The 500 foot (150 m) deep hollow is formed by four hills, Great Hill (1527 ft, 465 m), Peat Knowe, Annanhead… …   Wikipedia

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