Account of the Parish of Mid-Calder

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Excerpt from Account of the Parish of Mid-Calder: With Miscellaneous RemarksName and Boundaries, (se - Calder is a common territorial appella tion in Scotland, and always denotes some spot adjacent to water, or rather to a rivulet. This name is of Celtic origin - Cal, Ce], or Coil, being descriptive Of wooded or wild regions and Dur, or Dour, signify ing water. These terms are the compounds of the name of several small streams both in Great Britain and Ireland, the banks Of which are still covered with natural wood. Chalmers, in his Caledonia, mentions four waters or rivulets Of this name in South Britain, and six in Scotland, all Of which ¿ow into more copious streams. Some etymologists, however, derive the name from the Celtic word Cadair, which signifies a. Meet ing or assembly, and, as there is a mound of earth a little to the north Of the village, it has been conjectured that this mound was erected for the use Of the Bards and Druids, who always held their provincial meetings, civil and religious, in the open air, generally on mounds of earth either natural or artificial. These assemblies, according to the custom of all barbarous nations, were held in some Open field capable Of containing the vast numbers of persons who had a right to be present. The person who officiated as reciter or crier at these provincial meetings, was called the Dadgeiniad and Dadridge, or Dadridgerig, which is about a mile west of this mound, has therefore been supposed to have been the residence of this Officer. This, however, is merely a conjec ture.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.