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The Scottish grey wolf or Liath Madadh allaidh stands at an around 1 meter in height and was very similar to the artic wolf. They were a native species to Britain and were commonly found in the vast untainted forests of the Scottish Highlands. For hundreds of years the highlanders despised the wolfs, they were constantly at odds with each other. The death of many highland clansmen was attributed to the wolfs, large packs would come to farms on cold winter nights, and wipe out whole herds of cattle, leaving the farmers to starve in their homes or freeze to death hunting in the bitter winter snows. The shielings, found alround Scotland were built to give travellers refuge on there route, but in the old days it was not the wind or the hail that they feared, but the wolves. Not only did the wolves, ruin lives and take them, but they were known to desecrate burial grounds. In Sutherland near the bay of Eddrachillis the wolves exhumed bodies from the graves with such frequency that the inhabitants, resorted to burying there dead on the near-by island of Handa. All this is to say that during that time in Scotland the wolfs were hated. It then stands to reason that the man who killed the last of the Scottish wolfs would be remembered as folk hero and much loved by the locals. And there was no shortage of those that appeared to claim the title.
Intro Music: Written for me by Bobbin
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Other Music by : Alexander Nakarada alexandernakarada.bandcamp.com/
References:
Harrison, J. (2020) The Last Wolf in Scotland Some Historical Evidence. [www.johnscothist.com/uploads/5/0/2/4/5024620/harrison_last_wolf_v._4.pdf]
MacGregor, A. (1937) The Peat-Fire Flame: Folktales and Traditions of the Highlands & Islands. The Moray Press. Edinburgh and London.
MacKenzie, A. (2008). The History of the Camerons. The Celtic Magazine IX. Modern reprint of November 1883 article with a detailed account of Sir Ewen's life from 1654 to 1665. ISBN:978-0-559-79382-0
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20 авг 2021
