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February 18th 1729 |
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The wind of the MurraysThe Laird of Cultoquhey, near Crieff, was like most of his neighbours, a staunch Royalist and Episcopalian, but when in church he was not above adding a few lines of his own to the authorised Litany. Each morning, so the story goes, after the more orthodox prayers he added the words,
“Frae the greed o’ the Campbells These were all important local families. It is said that he was once asked to dinner by the Duke of Atholl (who was a Murray) who invited him to repeat the lines, believing that he would be unwilling to do so in his presence. The Duke was wrong and in his fury threatened to horsewhip Cultoquhey should he ever take such a liberty with his name again. Cultoquhey was unimpressed. “There, my Lord,” he said, “there’s the wind o’ the Murrays.” |