Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, on the B9037 coastal route from Culross through Low Valleyfield and Newmills on visit to the village of Torryburn on the North Shore of the Firth of Forth in Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. In 1822 Alison Cunningham was born in Torryburn. She later became the nurse to Robert Louis Stevenson. Known as Cummy, Alison was a strict Calvinist. She became RLS’s nurse in 1852, remaining in the household until November 1872. She was deeply devoted and loyal to the Stevensons and loved Robert Louis Stevenson who was very fond of Cummy. He dedicated A Child’s Garden of Verses to her to thank her for the nights she spent caring for him when he was ill as a child:
For the long nights you lay awake
And watched for my unworthy sake:
For your most comfortable hand
That led me through the uneven land:
For all the story books you read:
For all the pains you comforted:
For all you pitied, all you bore,
In sad and happy days of yore:
My second Mother, my first Wife
The angel in my infant life
From the sick child, now well and old,
Take, nurse, the little book you hold
And grant it, Heaven, that all who read
May find as dear a nurse at need,
And every child who lists my rhyme,
In the bright, fireside, nursery clime,
May hear it in as kind a voice
As made my childish days rejoice
Alison Cunningham died in 1913.
Lilias Adie, born 1640, died 1704, was a Scottish woman who lived in the coastal village of Torryburn. She was accused of practising witchcraft and fornicating with the devil but died in prison before sentence could be passed. Her grave is the only known one in Scotland of an accused witch, most were burned. Lilias Adie's first name also appears as Lilly, and her last name was also recorded as Addie and Eddie. Illness among local residents created a brief but intense period of witch hunting in the Fife area. A woman named Jean Bizet had accused Adie of witchcraft, proclaiming " beware lest Lilias Adie come upon you and your child. " This resulted in the arrest of Adie, who was likely upwards of 60 at the time. Adie was taken to the local minister, Reverend Allan Logan, to answer to the crime of witchcraft. For over a month she was imprisoned and subjected to day after day of rough interrogation before she finally confessed. No commission for a witchcraft trial was ever issued and no trial was held. Lilias Adie died before her investigation was concluded. The ordeal she endured proved too much after over a month of prolonged torturous interrogations, involving sleep deprivation. Culross is acknowledged as one of the most picturesque villages in Scotland, hence why it is so often used as a film and television location, including for hit US TV series, Outlander. The surname Adie was first found in the county of Berwickshire, Scotland. Spelling variations of this family name include: Ade, Addie, Addy, Addey, Eadie, Eddie, Edie, Edey, Aidie, Aidy, Aiddye, Adie and many more. John Adie arrived in South Carolina, America, in 1680; James Adie landed in New York, America, in 1829. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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