
Legend of the Dornoch Dragon
Date Added: 16 July 2013
Year: 1933
Institution Name: dnhhl
Cat No: ◀ | 2013_078 | ▶
Picture No: 11727
Typewritten copy of a letter from D. Murray Rose to The Scotsman dated 28th. December 1933, recounting the legend of the Dornoch Dragon. The letter was published in The Scotsman on 1st. January 1934.
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"[The dragon] lived in fire, and its breath burnt all the forests of the Highlands: only a man who should see it before it saw him had power to slay it. St. Gilbert dug a hole and hid himself in it, so as to get the first sight of it."
Coincidentally, I recently learned from a scholarly source that the writer of the tongue-in-cheek letter to the Scotsman, David Murray Rose (1868-1936), had strong local connections. He was brought up in Rogart and his parents were both from the parish of Dornoch - his father was from Cuthill and his mother from Hilton, Embo Street. Searching for "D Murray Rose" in Google reveals that he was a prolific writer about Scottish History.
Comment left on 08 October 2013 at 23:22 by David MacLean Many thanks for your fascinating comment adding more light on the 'legend' Administrator