A punishing-hand tale attached to a laird is found in several Scottish parishes. This version is recorded in the reminiscences of a local writer and repeated in a later summary. The old churchyard site is not pinned exactly.
Folklore & legend
The Wicked Laird's Hand, Tillicoultry
Old churchyard, Tillicoultry
Traditional; recorded in the nineteenth century
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- 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]; Undiscovered Scotland, "Tillicoultry" [other]
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