Tour Scotland Video Edie Ochiltree Statue Abbotsford House Near Melrose Roxburghshire Scottish Borders

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, Scotland. 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.

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