Curses & omens

The White Cow and the Two-Headed Calf of Gairloch

Gairloch House and Flowerdale, Gairloch

Attributed to the 1600s; fulfilled before 1877

He stresses that these predictions were well known to people before they came to pass, which is why he lists them as fulfilled. The same passage mentions the saying about a bald black girl born behind Gairloch church.

As with other entries, the original circumstances are not described, so the evidence is only Mackenzie's statement that locals recognised the events.

Evidence
Long-standing local tradition
Access
Open ground
Location
57.728, -5.690 (Sited to the village)

Sources: Alexander Mackenzie, The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (1877), Project Gutenberg [public-domain]

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