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"IQ 79. [Female informant] says she is "dumb". She should be at [school] but isn't owing to transport difficulties. Definitely backward. Father steals, mother a bit soft. They are considered a thieving family. Clean house, but the children were very badly fed for a time, now better. Good house, not overcrowded, clean, harmonious."

Relatives in survey: mother 45.46, father 45.47, siblings 45.45

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"This man, a shepherd, steals but Sergeant can't confirm it. [Female informant] says this man's family are TB and screwy. It is a very bad home. He is a simple soul, quite off."

Relatives in survey: wife 45.48, children 45.46, 45.45

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"Unsatisfactory character, steals."

Relatives in survey: Brothers 16.297, 8.168

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A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

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"Cat's Stolen for Vivisection", written by M Beddow Bayly and published by the SSPV in 1958 (then reprinted in 1962) is a warning to cat owners to keep their cats indoors in order to prevent them being stolen and sold to vivisection labs.

This pamphlet was re-issued in May 1967 and withdrawn May 1972.

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Charm probably collected in Gramasdail/Gramsdale, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula for counteracting the stealing of milk profit in which pins are stuck in the bubbles of boiling milk, which has had its profit stolen, and a handful of thatch is placed on the lintel of the door. This was thought to restore the profit to the milk.

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Custom called 'Faobh-bhleothan' probably collected from Margaret MacDonald, Malacleit/Malaclete, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist telling how if a woman was caught milking her neighbour's cow and thus stealing its milk, her hand would be cut off at the wrist. 'A spot is still pointed at Udal where this was done for a poor wretch cau[gh]t in the act'. Written transversely over the text is another example citing the spot on Vallay [Bhàlaigh] where a woman was 'buried alive' for the same offence.

Scope and Contents Custom written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Togal an Doinis' [Togail an Donais] describing how if something was stolen and the culprit not known, the suspects names were written on a piece of paper and if the person performing the charm could not write then a symbol was drawn to represent each suspect. The paper was folded longways, rubbed between the hands and dropped into a bowl of water. If the culprit's name was on the paper it would sink to the bottom...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.