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It is to be hoped, says Mr. Dodd, the local historian,
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Andrew Mills's Stob,
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Cold and chilly like old Bolas. Its origin is referred back to the time the body of Robert Bolas was hanging in chains. At a public-house not far distant from the place one dark night a bet was made that one of the party assembled dare not proceed alone to the gibbet and ask after the state of Bolas's health. The wager was accepted, and we are told the man undertaking it at once made his way to the spot. Immediately upon this, another of the company, by a short cut, proceeded to the gibbet, and placed himself behind it, and a third, carrying a number of chains, concealed himself in a hedge adjoining the road. Upon arriving at the gibbet, the person undertaking to make the enquiry, screwed up his courage, and timidly said in a low voice,
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Well, Bolas, how are you? Immediately, in a shaky voice, as from a tomb, came the response from the person behind the gibbet,
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Cold and chilly, thank you.