The same source says Celtic and Latin explanations for the name are also put forward, and this is not a serious etymology. It is recorded as a piece of local humour that mentions the devil.
Folklore & legend
Devil a Cow Dry: the Name of Tillicoultry
Tillicoultry Burn
Traditional
- Evidence
- Dubious
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 56.153, -3.741 (Sited to the village)
Sources: Reminiscences of Dollar, Tillicoultry and other Districts adjoining the Ochils, chapter VIII (Electric Scotland) [other]
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