@Alternatecelt A kent naething at aw aboot the Buchanites afore ye brocht then tae ma attention. Whit strynge fowk!

@bodhipaksa
Aye, gey strange. They leeved a whiles no far from where Ah dae now. Somebody frae the Cooncil saw fit tae name a street efter them in their auld parish an aw, which wis also gey strange!

@Alternatecelt Wikipedia telt me at Galt scrieved aboot then. A maun fin oot mair aboot that.

@bodhipaksa
Their main biographer wis a man cried Joseph Train, bit his book is verra rare ( an a bit o a mess an aw, accordin tae Mr Cameron there). He wis a correspondent o Walter Scott's an a Gauger in Castle Douglas. Maist o onyhin about them comes frae him as the main source.
We hae a copy in Dumfries at The Ewart librarie, Ah want tae get a skech at it yince Ah'm din wi this book.

@Alternatecelt @bodhipaksa I came across them I think. They were a bit mad iirc

@DanielHunter
Aye, they were jist a wee bit!
Their leader was a charismatic woman called Elspeth 'Lucky' Buchan, who after being run out of Irvine lead them into Nithsdale where they lived in a commune. She was convinced them to fast for 40 days, after they had made an unsuccessful attempt to fly to heaven.
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