"The Stool of Repentance", in Gaelic "Stol dubh na h-eaglais", is a Scottish jig in 6/8 time and A Major (most versions) or A Mixolydian (Gunn). The parts are played AABB. The stool of repentance in Presbyterian polity, mostly in Scotland, was an elevated seat in a church used for the public penance of persons who had offended against the morality of the time, often through fornication and adultery. At the end of the service the offender usually had to stand upon the stool to receive the rebuke of the minister. It was in use until the early 19th century. It was printed in William Gunn's The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes (1848), Elias Howe's Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (1880-1882) and Joseph Lowe's Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 4 (1844–1845).