Would you have been banished from 1600s Canongate?

Inspired by Dr Allan Kennedy's recent Scottish History quizzes, this light-hearted quiz attempts to answer the question of whether or not you would have been a valued member of early modern urban Scottish society or if you would have been forcibly removed, carted through the streets with a list of your crimes on your head and flogged all the way to the other end of the burgh. Well, you feeling lucky, Vagabond?

Results determined via testimony and convictions at Canongate burgh court and Kirk Session between 1610 to 1625. This is meant to be for fun. If this quiz is a success, I will run more, similar ones. Thanks

Created by: Kevin Hall

Do you attend church every Sunday?
- Yes
- No
- If forced to
- Sometimes
Can you control your temper?
- Yes, I am very calm
- Yes, most of the time
- No, but I beg forgiveness after losing my temper
- Giz your sword, I'll cut your nose off ya swine!
Do you need to supplement your income by taking in lodgers?
- Yes
- No
- Sometimes
Be honest, have you ever blasphemed the Holy name of God?
- Yes, every day
- Yes, sometimes
- Only when I am angry
- Never
- In truth, I forget
Do you believe in Magic?
- No, absolutely not
- Maybe
- Yes
- Yes, I practise real magic
Do you have any dependent children?
- yes
- no
- maybe
What is the chief aim of man?
- To glorify God
- Make money
- Screw like rabbits
- Be merry and enjoy life
Do you drink ale and aqua vitae?
- Yes, every day
- Yes, but not on the Sabbath
- Never touch it
Do you respect authority?
- Yes a good and Godly citizen should
- Yes, mostly
- Sometimes
- F**k authority
- I feign compliance
Sex before marriage?
- Yes a long time ago
- Yes, for which I repent
- Yes, yes, yes, oh God yes
- Never! It is shameful and filthy

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