The Wigtown Martyrs - Why were these two women drowned at the stake?

[@lindawall6504]

You are such an awesome Orator! If only more History Teachers taught this way; more kids would be more likely to love history and could learn from it.❤

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! My wife’s a teacher and I wish I had her focus. I go off on tangents 😂

[@charlesmayberry2825]

@@scotlandunplugged Those tangents are what makes it fun and keeps it interesting. The best teachers I learned the most from, all went on those tangents.

[@angicatron8512]

I always love the scenery and stories. Ancestry tells me I’m mostly Scottish and one day would love to travel to Scotland and cross that off my bucket list. Thanks again for your videos

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! I’m biased but worth the trip! 🙂

[@shirleylaboy603]

Thank you, Robert, for more history lessons. I really enjoy listening to you. By the way, Graeme can probably give you pointers on flying a drone, although he's crashed a few, so maybe not. 🙂❤️

[@scotlandunplugged]

Haha. He’s crashed enough for all of us!

[@gods_soldier971]

I'm from the states and have never been anywhere else. Very interesting channel!! I'm really liking it, I was sent here by your brother a few weeks ago and I'm here to stay. God Bless

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@triciagreer9130]

Just love your channel and humor . Thank you

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@kimberlythegamer308]

I love the longer video so fascinating

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@barbridingsTheResinator]

Great story! The land around you is just breathtaking and beautiful. Thank you for sharing all of these fascinating stories.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@martinsellers1739]

I feel like, when I listen to your recitations, that you would have been someone I would've hung out with at times. But where several countries away and we are quite different in age. I just turned 64 and I've been a musician all my life. Now they arthritis has come for my fingers. But enough about me it's about time you told us your name Robert. I'm glad I was turned onto this channel by your brother Graham

[@scotlandunplugged]

Ah, you never know. Thank you! Arthritis is grim. My mum has it in her hands as well. Hope you find what works for you.

[@martinsellers1739]

@@scotlandunplugged grim and painful. I did switch to playing bass for a few years which was entirely fun. But all I can grip now is a lawnmower a steering wheel have a shovel now and then. Keeping up with having a big Garden is quite the task. I also watch the sculpting brother. What up talented family.

[@bethotoole6569]

This definitely made me rethink that fish I had for dinner... I'll never look at crab the same.. thanks. Thanks very much for that! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@scotlandunplugged]

Hahaha. Sorry about that! 🙂

[@tonyaegan2480]

Awesome video

[@jodifinnegan4453]

I think so too!! I loved it!

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@theresadimaggio7241]

You and your brother are awesome

[@melaber77]

I love the personal anecdotes you added to this video! Hearing about your family connections with these historical figures really brings the tale to life! Great job (drone crash aside).

[@scotlandunplugged]

Haha. Thank you! No drones suffered any long term harm in the making of this video! 🙂

[@alicegamble6145]

Great video. The scenery is amazing. You have such a great way of making history so interesting.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@pjk1714]

Appreciate the efforts and an interesting story. Beautiful countryside. Those cow's should be happy.. I'm glad your mother still has the coffee shop. I hear her baked goods are incredibly tasty. Looking forward to more content from you. You should have been a history teacher. None would cut your class. Thanks for sharing

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! The baked goods are very good! 😅

[@susanplunkett5193]

Hi. Just watched your brother so I'd thought I'd stop by and give a follow. I love history. I'm hooked good and proper. What an incredible place to grow up in.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! It really was an incredible place to grow up. I feel very lucky 😀

[@hayesjulie]

Thanks for another adventure!

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@ramonadixon1291]

That was a wonderful lesson . It was very touching. You did a fantastic job!!

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@ramonadixon1291]

I should be thanking you.

[@camerongibson6342]

Thanks Robert for another great video, and the history of the town

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@gigiharris7227]

So glad I saw you on your brothers channel. I absolutely love ur history and stories. I’m planning a Scotland trip for next year and I’ve gotten great ideas from you! 💜

[@scotlandunplugged]

Good to hear! Thank you 🙂

[@RossMcKie]

Absolutely brilliant cuz. Grew up hearing this story for years and it brought back so many memories. When I saw the cell in the video I got chills that I’ve not felt in years. Brilliant once again 👍

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thanks cuz! Hear I just missed you all on Sunday.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Gives me the chills too btw. But in a good way 🙂

[@RossMcKie]

@@scotlandunplugged yeah we were down visiting Greame and the family and he said you were coming down. Definitely need a catch up soon 🍻

[@joycefuller9177]

Great video. Love to hear the "history".

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@MissElviraWales]

I came here off your brothers channel I never thought I would be into hoof trimming but so into watching it 😂 but this channel is more my style can’t wait to watch them all ❤

[@scotlandunplugged]

Haha. It has a hypnotic quality! Thank you! 🙂

[@superdill6665]

I've been a fan of the Hoof GP for a while now, and I just finished watching the video when you spent the day with him and the cows. At the end, he recommended your channel, so I came here to have a look. You've got a new subscriber. I love Scottish lore, legend, and history. I've never even been to your country and probably never will. So I can watch your videos and see Scotland through your eyes.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you, and hello! 😀

[@kathleenomalley7838]

I just viewed The Hoof GP as well. Hi Bob, glad your brother mentioned your KZbin Channel.😊

[@scotlandunplugged]

Hello! And thank you 🙂

[@kathleenomalley7838]

@Scotland Unplugged I shared it on my FB page too. Best of luck in expanding your subscribers. I'm very excited to watch your vlogs. Ty 😊

[@cwbrownCaroline]

I’ve seen images of Wigtown and area in Graham’s videos. Really nice to get some of the history.

[@BeckyFitPT]

Moving to Galloway was the best thing I ever did - I visited Martyrs Stake again today - thank you for more information, history and you're own personal experiences from growing up in Wigtown

[@elaineewen6635]

Enjoyed this video. Lovely scenery and well done with the story telling. Keep up the good work 😊

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@cindysplace]

I've heard of that sort of punishment before as well as persons being buried on the shore up to their necks and drowned when the tide came in. Interesting story!

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! I never thought about it being unusual, just because I’ve heard about it for so long 🙂

[@OcamRzr]

You Scots really have some chilling history... 😳

[@scotlandunplugged]

We do indeed 😅

[@roymcintyre579]

Just watched your brothers channel and decided to check yours out. I am a fan of history and stories that go alon with it. I know my Grandmother was from Scotland her family immigrated to the United States when she was 5 years old. My Grandfather was a Irish immigrant. They had two boys and two girls. My aunt was helping me with a family tree project when i was in JR High School. I leard alot about my family along the way. And i still recall the stories my grandparents told me. I subscribed to your channel and cant wait to listen to more of your Historical tales and to learn some more about where some of my family comes from.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Sounds interesting. My wife’s cousin is a retired detective and genealogist. He did by tree a while ago and it went in some strange directions 😀

[@haggielady]

Thank you for doing the digging on the history. I love history. Especially from from Scotland and Ireland. I hope you are going to keep posting these longer videos because they are much better than than the shorts. More uumph to them.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! I like the longer videos, so definitely continuing with those!

[@ElChris816]

Another brilliant video full of history. My mother's side is from Scotland and is connected to Clan Colquhoun of Loch Lomond. They "Americanized" Colquhoun to Cohoon in the US. Keep up the great work.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! That’s interesting. I wonder how many surnames have been Americanized down the years. 🙂

[@annrn6148]

I always get excited when I see you've uploaded a new video. You tell such wonderful stories on Scotland's history. Thank you for the time & effort you put into these history lessons & tales.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you 😊

[@FancyRPGCanada]

The editing in this video is so much better! The half second left on your face after you're done talking is great! The story and shots are great too :D

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thanks for the pointer! I was trying to put more B roll in and clearly overdid it! 🙂

[@sabbys7750]

If my history classes were as interesting at this...i might've paid more attention...🤣🤣🤣

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@kathleenmuller306]

I really look forward to your videos Robert! You're pretty good at this! K.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! It’s always a work in progress 😅

[@kathleenmuller306]

Well, we're all a work in progress! K.

[@avrilconacher]

I recently discovered your channel and have really enjoyed your videos especially this one. My wife and I had never visited Dumfries and Galloway until our daughter moved to Kirkcudbright a few years back. Wigtown has become a favourite place to visit as we are both avid readers. I knew the basics of the Martyrs story but you added a lot more details for me .Looking forward to watching more of your excellent videos. Informative with a comic touch. Cheers.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@kimberlypatton205]

So much lovely information! Exactly why I love this channel! Oh… and the gorgeous countryside! …Always thought you had a fair faint of Viking features!

[@BacktheBlue60]

I just saw you on your brother's channel and I wanted to see what your channel is about. I am excited to start exploring. 👋

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thanks for stopping by! 😀 It was quite an experience!

[@tishahammonds2394]

That sounds like my heaven! A town of bookstores?! Every video just makes me want to visit more. Reminds me of North Carolina here in the states in a lot of ways. (minus the town of bookstores)

[@larrytalley117]

I thoroughly enjoy both yours and your brothers sites. I live in Arizona but have always had an interest in Scottish and English history and your lessons are incredibly informative. I recently got a dna analysis from Ancestry and it showed my dna was 70% from Scotland and Ireland. I don’t know how accurate those things really are. My last name is Talley and so far I haven’t found much information about any ancestors there. But no matter I love your stories. You really breath life into Scottish history.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! Would love to do my DNA but think it would just come back Scottish with a bit of English 😂

[@larrytalley117]

@@scotlandunplugged 😇

[@noreenclark2568]

I enjoyed this stroll around Wigtown with you telling the history , ive never been there but if i did go to visit my first stop would be a book shop i just love to read. Thanks again

[@andrewsmith-cm9qw]

I’ve been visiting Galloway since I was 8 now 63 it’s my favourite part of Scotland from Whithorn up to The Merrick and across to Portpatrick the scenery is awesome

[@ccnomad]

This is easily my favorite of your videos I've seen so far

[@kevinbrandt1738]

I found out about you because of your brother mentioned you on his channel. I really like hearing about history from other parts of the world as told by locals. Nothing better.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@fuzzymarmot4628]

Love your videos keep them coming! "Hi" from canada

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! And hi!

[@annvanwesten2488]

Great, but sad story. How tragic for those ladies. I love your videos!!

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@KelapaLima]

Good job on a complicated story. This was required history at Wigtown primary! Small point, if you took a sharp right coming from England, you would be in Newcastle :)

[@scotlandunplugged]

I bet it was! I always get my left and right mixed up 😂🤯

[@KelapaLima]

@@scotlandunplugged Appreciate your coverage of the local area, especially as I now in the US.

[@bmcc12]

In Long Island Sound, there is a rock far from shore, where in days gone by, prisoners were chained to the rock. At dead low tide, the rock is slightly above the water, but at high tide, the rock goes under. That rock still exists and is known as Execution Rock!

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

Another great tale snd its telling. 😊👍👍

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@theresadimaggio7241]

Your awesome

[@BoomxShot]

Very happy to have found your channel after seeing you on your Brothers channel. I am Huge on Learning World history and your channel is right up my alley. I left a comment on that Hoof GP video saying how I could relate to your feelings of being back on the farm because I also Grew up on a farm and I just recently went back and all the old Knowledge came rushing back to me. Glad to meet you My friend and I am really looking forward to watching all of your videos and learning everything you have to offer.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! It definitely stays in your bones! 🙂

[@ryanawilson8549]

Drowned at the stake. That's a new one.

[@sabbys7750]

That's exactly what I was thinking!

[@scotlandunplugged]

Never even entered my head it was unusual. I’ve known the story since I was five 😂

[@ryanawilson8549]

@@scotlandunplugged #AMERICA

[@nullish0]

My gran and grampa Sharp owned the hotel here for a while. Can't say how fun and lucky we were to enjoy summers down there. Live in US now

[@IngeliseEaston]

You brother the hoof gp mentioned you :-)

[@suellenspencer-eb2nv]

I'm a new subscriber. I watch your brother Hoof GP all the time. He mentioned your channel. Love your history with videos. Thank you

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@markdonnelly1913]

I came here from a recommendation from your brothers channel. I am glad I did. That was very interesting.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! And hello 🙂

[@bobby2.070]

This was one of my favourite places to go when visiting my aunt and uncle that lived on Bank street. And of course you have to stop at the spring on the way down the hill.

[@ThistlesJones]

Thank you for the informative videos! Am from South Dakota, USA. Ancestors come from the Isle of Jura - Family name; Buie. Wouldn't mind seeing a video about Jura. Keep up the good work. Found your channel thanks to HoofGP!

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! Island hopping would be interesting 🤔

[@stephaniehallman9749]

Thank goodness your 2021 self took pictures!! 😂😂 Another great story -thank you!

[@scotlandunplugged]

Can’t quite believe I got away with it 😂

[@treyporter7611]

Now that’s living history!

[@Annie6460]

While filming Galloway, I hope you popped into the farm and got your brother an ice cream Robert😊. ❤️🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@joanne85201]

Great story! Thanks!

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@cathyagain5841]

Very interesting. Thank you

[@mollymcnaughton3133]

What a beautiful place! 20bookstores? My kinda place...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💕

[@LindaMulvey-uz8el]

Thanks Robert for the history lessons, sadly I can’t retain information as I used too so forget things easily, however the good side of that is I can go back and rewatch it again 🤣absolutely love your humour makes it more enjoyable to listen to, please tell me that wasn’t a hairdryer you were speaking into at your home? 🤣🤣btw Wigtown is absolutely stunning, thanks for showing your beautiful town where you grew up and the history behind it 👏🥰

[@scotlandunplugged]

😂 I had to think about that. It was my old microphone. It got cast aside in the end 🙂

[@LindaMulvey-uz8el]

@ 🤣🤣I’ve never seen a microphone like that before, I thought with your humour that it was a hairdryer plugged into a socket in your kitchen 🤣🤣🤣sorry my mistake 😔🥰btw am just new to your channel, and have been binge watching your videos, and enjoying them so much. 👍🥰🥰👏

[@scotlandunplugged]

@@LindaMulvey-uz8el 😂 It is an oddly shaped microphone!

[@chichitex1252]

Great story and video!❤

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! 🙂

[@cassiecollins-ox2tg]

Saw u on hoof gp stopped by 2 c whats ur channel about and i really love learning about the culture and history. Love ur vids

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! 🙂

[@Fred-rj3er]

Wow! What a wonderful bit of local/family history there at the start. I love that sort of stuff. It is the detail that would vanish were it not included in stuff like this My grandad had a withered right hand. Fingers n thumb joined with skin. Not often used so weak and small. He lived in Normanton, Yorkshire and was the lamp lighter. He also used his lamp lighting pole as a "knocker upper" knocking on customers windows to wake them up for their shift down the pit. Either morning or evening. During the day he used his ladders to clean windows. Perhaps the original "one armed window cleaner" as joked by Mike Harding lol. His wife took in washing. They had 7 kids, 2 died early and managed to buy their own house. He was Thomas Fleming. Yeah, I've hijacked your vid comments lol. Sorry. Not got a KZbin thing of my own I hope you enjoy my bit of family history as much as I enjoy all your stuff. Happy Crimble belated.

[@jeffmilroy9345]

Greetings bro from distant kin of the 1685 covenanter John Milroy. My great great great grandad John Milroy was born in Scotland and settled about 500 acres in Carroll county IL back in the 1850s or so. Is it true the name derives from the old Scottish name MacIlleruaidh or Mac gille Ruaidh meaning "The son of the red haired lad"? I have heard that half of Milroy's kin split for the States and half stayed in the old country after the fallout from the hanging.

[@modusbee9092]

Super interesting

[@andaanton8357]

The Hoof GP sent me here 😊

[@herstoryswitness]

So many great stories and legends...and ghaists

[@sheilan6235]

Lovely cemetery!

[@flitsertheo]

To answer the question. We are in Scotland. Burning them would cost wood and hence, money. Water is free.

[@bigstar75]

Omg, this channel is fantastic 🎉

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@Chewbroccolii]

As an Australian I find your accent thick as. I have to really focus go understand you but I absolutely love it haha

[@scotlandunplugged]

I’m just realising that now. 😂 Apparently my brother is much easier to understand. Need to speak slower 😂

[@Chewbroccolii]

@@scotlandunplugged haha he is easier to understand as he is not taking serious facts so I don't have to concentrate so hard.

[@1234j]

Glad to find your channel. Excellent videos! Just subscribed. Blame yer bro for my finding my way here😂❤

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@superskeletonghostwoman2273]

I love to get to go to Scotland

[@mikmik9034]

Title: @8:00 to about 11:30..

[@benjaminrush4443]

Have the Bookshops in Scotland remained open even after Smartphone hysteria? Thanks for the Podcast.

[@rachelwebb2330]

add to Linda Walls awesome with a Dunedin New Zealands awesome!!! love ya channel, I have already asked but you prolly didnt read it but can you PPLLEEAASSEE!!! do an episode on dunedin NZ as dunedin is scottish for edinburgh, the scots came out here to build a town so they could practise their religion more strictly, but the gold rush happened making dunedin more populated but were pretty scotish influenced here still tho, Id love to hear your lean on us down here,. and thanks heaps for your channell I LOVE IT

[@scotlandunplugged]

Hi Rachel. Thank you! I think I remember replying. Have you seen a channel called Scotland History Tours?

[@tygrahof9268]

Nice showing of your old home. Sad that the religions couldn't just get along, but that is a modern perspective. Pretty bay. Thanks.

[@Gurudesa94]

indah sekali pemandanganya salam dari indonesia

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! Greetings from Scotland!

[@donthespotter6550]

The hoofGP sent me

[@janetcw9808]

New subscriber!

[@nadinedeeren9861]

Loved the lore. Have you never traced your family tree? The name Milroy should make it easier. Well, that and being in country Scotland. I've been researching since 1996 and my Scottish and Irish lines are the bane of my existence. Records are hard to peruse from the USA.

[@scotlandunplugged]

My wife’s cousin is a retired detective who loves genealogy. He has traced every branch back about 300 years. I already had a pencil drawn tree my grandad handed me, noting a James Milroy, who worked in a mill, in a place called Kirkcowan (the family wound up owning a walk mill in the same place). James died in the early 1700s crossing the river, after slipping in some stones and stabbing himself with his own shears! 😬 It’s definitely a struggle in places. I can’t get back much further than my great grandad on the Parker side. He was born in a workhouse in Cumberland. Grim! Good luck with it! 😀

[@droach7952]

Wow amazing I am a Descendant of John Milroy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥰

[@sheilan6235]

Great story! That’s a really horrible way to die if it really happened.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! Yeah, it does sound pretty grim.

[@Zanuth-001]

So wait, they were pardoned but were drowned anyway?

[@scotlandunplugged]

Yeah. They think he ignored the pardon! 😳

[@grahamhill2267]

Another great tale from history. Such a beautiful area too! By the way, don’t you think that James VI bears an uncanny resemblance to singer Sam Smith? 😂😂😂

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! He does a bit… 😂

[@grahamhill2267]

@@scotlandunplugged 🤣🤣

[@cindyrissal3628]

20 book shops!?! I'm movin' in! What are the rents like there...?😅❤

[@scotlandunplugged]

Haha. Pretty cheap I think. It's a forgotten corner of the country in many ways.

[@monabale8263]

13:27; were any of the three tormentors freemasons?

[@scotlandunplugged]

I’m not sure really. 🤔

[@monabale8263]

@@scotlandunplugged there are rumors that depending on the level one is attempting to become, the knife used for the oath taking points to specific regions of their bodies. if the oath is broken, maladies attack the region of their bodies sworn over or on members of their families, sometimes affecting generations.. so i hear.

[@dustyone1648]

That's around the time foreigners arrived there?

[@scotlandunplugged]

It was a busy old place. The Picts, Romans, Celts, Vikings and Scots had all turned up by that point 🙂

[@andrewemery4272]

"Hang a right"??

[@scotlandunplugged]

Nope 😂

[@mschoy1597]

Question for everyone: who is better: Scotland or England?

[@scotlandunplugged]

Well, I’m a quarter English so I’m gonna say no one 😂

[@randyyeager]

yer bro the hoof GP got me here. I figure since he's not a tool, that you likely won't be either....lol

[@randyyeager]

Almost half way through the video, and no toolism in sight, right on. I'm Canadian, and of German decent. I've always been fascinated by England, Scotland and Ireland being we've always been under the British crown as well.

[@randyyeager]

Excellent video. Glad Yer brother pointed out yer channel.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you!

[@deniseatkins9407]

What a lovely way to die NOT. Interesting to find a strange relative I am distantly related to a 1930s drag queen Old Mother Riley and I am also part Cherokee as well as being from the Johnstone sect

[@scotlandunplugged]

Interesting 😀

[@philthycat1408]

Think it was in the 1700s a woman witch from Kirkcaldy was Burned at the stake in Inverkeithing and it cost £17 odds. Tar barrels, wood , transport, executioner etc. A fortune back then, so it may have been just cost effective . 😂

[@scotlandunplugged]

Haha. So strange you say that. I’ve just been looking at a bill for William Wallace’s execution! Not cheap!

[@philthycat1408]

@@scotlandunplugged I had a Parish Records book of Scotland 1760s. And that was an amazing read. Mislaid or pal has it. And I’ve just finished reading The History of The Church of Scotland ! That happens to be an eye opener and a wee laugh. 👍

[@IamGulzow]

Ach, go trim some 'ooves!