At Culloden the bullets showered upon him like hail but had no effect. When all was lost, Macleod threw off his coat to speed his flight, and his faithful foster brother Murdoch Macaskail, who was close behind, picked it up. It was found to be riddled with bullet holes, though not one of the bullets had hurt Macleod.
The story is told as proof of the charm's power. Carmichael collected it in the nineteenth century, nearly a hundred and fifty years after the battle. He pairs it with the South Uist tale of a widow's charm and curse on Clanranald in 1715, which has a separate record here.
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