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The man who heard voices when he shot a deer. A man shot a strange deer up Glen Nevis, on air Meall a' Mhaoim near Coire a' Mhùsgain Mhunnsgan, and decided to take only the head home. A voice told...

A man who married a mermaid. A man at Kessock near Inverness found a mermaid asleep and hid her skin. They married and had a son. Her son later found the skin and gave it back to her. She went bac...

A woman made a clay corpse of a boy who wouldn't marry her daughter. A woman who couldn't get a boy to marry her daughter made a 'corp-crèadha' [clay-corpse] of him stuck with nails. She left it i...

How George Buchanan used peas to win a court case for a poor man. A poor man was charged for boiled eggs at their value if they had hatched and the chickens kept for a year. He was taken to court ...

George Buchanan being cheeky to the king. The king found a beautiful flower, put his hat over it, and went to fetch the queen. When he came back, George Buchanan had left his excrement there. The ...

The contributor explains some of the words that he uses in his songs.

George Buchanan showed the king his backside. After George Buchanan had been impudent to the king, the king told him he did not want to see his face again. The next time he saw the king he lifted ...

The contributor tells about his employment and family.

Mary MacLeod was buried in Rodel in Harris with her face placed downwards, as she had requested.

Loch Maree and how it got its name. Loch Maree got its name from St Maol Ruanaidh, who came over from Ireland, AD 671. There are many islands on Loch Maree. He built a church on Eilean Màiri. A sp...