The cock as a guard against evil at night is a widespread belief, and the fire that follows its removal reads as a lesson. The skeleton found fifteen years later is Miller's pointer to a hidden crime, though he draws no firm conclusion in the text I read.
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The Falling Light and the Cockerel
A cottage two miles west of Cromarty
Traditional; told by Miller in 1835
This site is private property or has no public access. Coordinates shown are rounded and no directions are offered.
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- No public access
- Location
- 57.681, -4.035 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Hugh Miller, Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland, Chapter V, Remains of the Old Mythology [public-domain]
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