Werewolves of Edinburgh

Family lore:

Nisbet, A System of Heraldry, vol 1, p. 335, Nisbet discusses werewolves:

"I shall, therefore, end here with four-footed beasts, only mentioning one of a monstrous form, carried with us; its body is like a wolf, having four feet with long toes, and a tail ; it is headed like a man, called in our books a warwolf, carried by Dickison of Winkleston, azure, a warwolf passant, and three stars in chief argent : so blazoned by Mr. Thomas Crawfurd, and illuminated in several books ; which are also to be seen cut upon a stone above an old entry of a house in the Cowgate in Edinburgh, above the foot of Libberton's wynd, which belonged formerly to the name of Dickison, which name seems to be from the Dicksons by the stars which they carry."

Putter For Sale

For only $200,000, an antique golf putter with my name on it:

The top lot in the sale, No. 260, is a long-nose putter stamped “A.D.” that is attributed to Andrew Dickson of Leith, Scotland (1665- around 1753). Dickson was one of a handful of clubmakers who marked clubs with their own initials in the 1700s. Leith claims to be the true home of golf because it is where the earliest recorded game was played, in 1457, and where the official rules of golf were formulated in 1744 (before those at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, arguably the world’s most famous course).

I think I may have missed my calling. Heh.