Folklore & legend

Puddlefoot, the Brownie of Almor Burn

Almor Burn, near Pitlochry

Undated tradition

At the farm he tidied anything untidy and hurled around anything that was tidy. People feared him and avoided the road up from the burn at night. A man coming home from the market heard the splashing and called out to him as 'Puddlefoot'. The brownie cried in horror that he had been given a name and vanished, and was never heard again. The exact stream is not located in our sources, so the pin is at Pitlochry.

Evidence
Long-standing local tradition
Access
Open ground
Location
56.704, -3.736 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)

Sources: Wikipedia, Brownie (folklore) [other]

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