In a message dated 3/31/01 5:27:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, shyama@gold.net.au writes: > Many families in Scotland (& Ireland) had at least one > member who "had the powers" -There was a Scottish > word for it " Fey" or Fay" - perhaps wrong spelling > I remember my mother refering to someone as > " she's fey" - seemed it was always women never men > > In my family my mother read "the cards" -the next door > neighbour read "the leaves" (tea leaves) and the woman > down the road read the crystal ball (a proper one) > And between those 3 women they knew everything that was > happening in the district !! as a kids we couldnt get away > with doing anything - They could see it !!!!! > > As for my family history I am looking for the following names > in Edinburgh - > Peebles, Robertson, Euman, Sinclair, Whyte Purvis/es > McDiarmid, Malcolm, Marshall, McKenzie, Clark, Seaton, > Nimmo, Banks, McLean, > I would love to hear from anyone with any of these names. > > Shyama Heather Peebles > Laverton > Western Australia > > Hi there Shyama and everyone else, I had to smile at your post. My mother read the tea leaves, an older lady had taught her when she was young. She always knew what us kids were up to and this was before we had a phone. We never could figure out how she knew! LOL! I am also researching Peebles. My grgrgrgranny was Janet Peebles born Sept 1 1799 and married to Hugh Jamieson in Newton Edinburgh on May 5 1819. All the men in our family were miners. Any connections? Elaine in California Interested names : MILLAR JAMIESON PEEBLES MOFFAT THOMSON McINTOSH PRYDE HERKES ARCHIBALD McCAVELL