His wife grew jealous and followed him by a ball of worsted attached to his button. She found him in conclave with the fairy and demanded her immediate destruction. The fairy fled, and the power of the Tosach departed with her. The inhabitants rose against him and he had to seek refuge abroad. The same page notes a fairy grave at Tosach's keep in a poem by the Rev. John Hunter. The author gives no date or source for the tale.
Folklore & legend
The Last Chief of Monzievaird and the Fairy
Tom-an-Tosach and Loch Monzievaird
Undated tradition, recorded 1896
Tom-an-Tosach and Loch Monzievaird are on the Ochtertyre estate; check for public paths.
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 56.388, -3.880 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Chronicles of Strathearn (1896), Project Gutenberg [public-domain]
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