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2 Citations cover the introduction, endnotes, and notes to the ballads. Characters and historical figures dealt with in the ballads are not included. General references to the Duff family and their estate management staff are listed under “Duff House.” Aberdeen, xvii, xxx, lxix Alford, xli; Presbytery of, xxxii, xxxv Allt a’ Choileachain, 233 Andersen, Flemming, 238, 245 Annachie, xxv–xxvi, 227–28 Auchanachie, xxv–xxvi Auchavaich, xlvii, liii Auchindoun, xxv Auldearn (Battle of), 233–34 Aytoun, William E., 230 Badenyon, xxxiii, xxxix, xliv, xlix, liv–lvi Ballachduie, xlvii, lxix Balnacraig, xxxvii Barclay, James, xxxviii, xliv, xlvii–xlix, lxxi, lxxii Barr, Mary, xxiv, 238 Bausinger, Hermann, xxxviii, xlix Begg, James, Jr., xxxiii Belhelvie, xxiv, xxxi, lxix Belnaboth, xliv, lxix, lxxiii, 248 Belnacraig, xliv Belnaglack, xlv Beltimb, lxxii Beltimore, xlvii, xliv, lxxii Bitterman, Rusty, xlvi Blackhillock, xxxiii, xliv, xlvi, xlvii, lxxii Braco, Lord. See Duff, William Brander & Co. (Printers), 243 Briggs, Katharine, 240 Brodie, William, l, li, liii, lxxi Brody, John, xlv Bronson, Bertand H., 226, 227, 228, 230, 231, 238 Brooksby, P. (Printer), xxiv, 246 Brougham, Henry, xxxi, xxxii, lxvi, lxix, lxx Brown, Anna (Gordon), xxiv, xxvii, 229, 239, 242, 248 Buchan, David, xvii–xviii, xxiv, xxviii–xxix, xxxviii, lxix, 226, 229, 235, 237, 239 Buchan, Peter, xxiv, xxvi, lxiv, lxv, lxviii–lxix, 225–26, 227, 229, 231, 232, 236, 238, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 248 Burness, John, lv–lvi, lxxiv Burns, Robert, xxii, xxviii, 230, 234, 242 Cabrach, xxxix, 245 Cameron, Kate, lv Cameron, Sir Henry, of Brux, lv Catnach, James (Printer), 249 Child, Francis James, xvii, xix, lviii, lxiii, 225–50 passim Chree, Jean, lxix Chree, John, xlviii–lxx Chree, Robert, lxix, 248 Chree, William, xlviii Christie, William, 227, 246, 247 Clifford, James, lxxiv Cochrane, Elizabeth, 249 Coffin, Tristram P., 228 Corgarff, xxv, 226, 245 Crawfurd, Andrew, xix, lxviii, 230, 240 Crofts, lxix Index of Names and Places 22 Index of Names and Places Cromdale, 233–34 Cumberland, Duke of, xl Dalfrankie, xlv, xlvii, lxxii Davidson, George “Taffy,” xx, xxi, xxvi, xvii, lxvii, lxviii, lxix Davidson, John, lxix–lxx Davidson, Widow, xlix Dawson, James and Peter, xlv Dicey, W. and C. (Printers), 235 Dixon, James Henry, 229 Dockington, xxxiii, lxxii Douce Ballads, 235, 240 Drumnagarrow, lxix Duff, James (2nd Earl Fife), xlii, lxxi, lxxix Duff, James (4th Earl Fife), xxxii, xliii, xlvi, l Duff, William (1st Earl Fife), xxx, xl, xlii, lxxi Duff, William (of Dipple), xl Duff House, xxii, xxx, xxxi, xxxiv–xxxv, xxxix, xli, xlii, xliv–xlv, l, lii, liii, lxix, lxxi Dulax, xxxvii, xliv, xlix, lxxii Dunbar, Alex, xlvi Duncan, James B., xvii, xxvi, lviii, 227, 229, 231, 232, 236, 237, 239, 240, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249 Earl Fife. See individual names Easterbuchat, xliv, xlvii, lxxii Ebsworth, Joseph W., 241 Farquharson, James, xlv Fenton, Alexander, xxxviii, xlix, lxxiv Findlater, James, xxxv, xlix, lxxi, lxxiii Finlay, John, 230 Forbes, John, xxxii, xxxiv–xxxv, xlix, l, li, liii, lxxi Forgue, xxxv Forsyth, Alexander John, xxxi, xxxii, xxxvi, lxvi, lxix Forsyth, Rev. James, xxxi Foulis, Robert and Andrew (Printers), 226 Fowler, David, lxix Fraser, Arthur, l Fraser, Maggie, lxix, 248 Freidman, Albert B., lxiv Gamrie, 227 Gauld, Jonathan, lxix–lxx George II, King, xl Giddens, Anthony, lvii, lxxiv Gillespie, Margaret, 245 Glen Nochty, xxvi, xxxix–xl, xlv, l, li, lxxi Glenbuchat: agriculture, xl–xliii; architecture, xl, xli, xlvii–xlix, lxx, lxxiii; ballad singers (late 19th century), lxix–lxx, 248; boundaries, xxxix; distilling and smuggling, xlix–l; effect of post-war depression on, xxxii, xliii; game, hunting, and poaching, l–li; lairds of, xxxix–xl, xli, lxxi; language, xxxix, li–lii, lxxi; in legend and literature, liii–lvi; literacy, li–liii; map, xvi; population, xli; remoteness, xl–xli; source of Robert Scott’s ballads, xx–xxi, xxiii–xxvi; tacks and rents, xliii–xlvi, lxxi; tradesmen and artisans, xlvi–xlvii. See also individual names Glenlivet (Inveraven), xxv, xxxix, xl, 233, 242 Glentannar, xxv Gordon, John (“Old Glenbucket”), xl, lxxi Gordon, John, of Cairnburrow, xxxix–xl Grassick, John (Mains), xlix, lii Grassick, John (Newtown), li Greig, Gavin, xvii, xxvi, lviii, 227, 229, 231, 232, 236, 237, 239, 240, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249 Harker, Dave, lxvi–lxvii Harris, Amelia, 237, 241 Hay, Adam, xxxiii, xlii–xliii, l, li, lii, lxxiii Hay, John, l, liii Herd, David, lxiv, 226, 235, 237, 240 Heylin, Clinton, xxvii, 239 Johnson, James, xix, lxiv, 231 Keiss, xxx Keith, Alexander, xxv, 240, 248–49 Keith of Benholm, 236 Kellas, John, xlv Kellas, Margaret, lxix Kildrummy, xxi, xxv, xlii, 229 King’s College, Aberdeen...

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