Miller's own word, apocryphal, is a fair description. The tale is a folk answer to the fear of disease, with the sexton's refusal to dig as a living detail of belief.
Folklore & legend
The Plague Cloud Buried at Nigg
Nigg churchyard
Traditional; linked to the plague and quarantine years
Nigg Old Church is a roadside church with its churchyard open.
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Open ground
- Location
- 57.719, -4.009 (Sited to the building or field)
Sources: Hugh Miller, Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland, Chapter XVI, The Economy of Accident, The Black Years [public-domain]
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