- Ettrick Forest
- geographical name region in SE Scotland; formerly a forest & hunting ground
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Ettrick Forest
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Hogg, James (The Ettrick Shepherd) — (1770 1835) Poet, and writer of tales, belonged to a race of shepherds, and began life by herding cows until he was old enough to be trusted with a flock of sheep. His imagination was fed by his mother, who was possessed of an inexhaustible… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Moffat Hills — The Moffat hills[1] are a range of hills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. They form a distinctly triangular shape with a west facing side, a north facing side, and a south east facing side. It is 17 kilometres from east to west across this… … Wikipedia
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James Hogg — (1770 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English. Biography Hogg was born in a farm near Ettrick Forest in Selkirk and baptized there on 9 December. He had little formal education, and became a shepherd … Wikipedia
