Excerpt from Fala and Soutra Including a History of the Ancient, Domus De Soltre HE name Fala is derived from the little hill upon which the Parish Church stands, and is a contraction for Faulaw, Pawlaw, or Falla. It is the same Fal or Faw which is found in Falkirk, Falkland, and Fauside, and means speckled, hence Fala means speckled hill In some of the old charters it is designated lie Falla, lie, a corrup tion of the French article le, showing that the French influence was considerable at Court and in Law. The use of the article was meant to mark it ofl' from the smaller Falas that then existed in various parts of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.