Alemuir, a loch in Roberton parish, Selkirkshire, 6½ miles SW of Ashkirk. It lies in the course of the Aleriver, has a circular outline, measuring each way ¼ mile, and is, in places, 30 fathoms deep. Superstition long made it the haunt of a bloodthirsty water-kelpie, and Leyden sings:
'Sad is the wail that floats o'er Alemuir's lake,
And nightly bids her gulfs unbottomed quake:
While moonbeams sailing o'er the waters blue
Reveal the frequent tinge of blood-red hue.'
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