MacColl used to tell a story of his appearing in a concert with Hamish in the early days of the revival.
He said he was doing his spot on stage in which he included the port-a-beul piece 'Tail Toddle'.
As he came backstage he saw Hamish and a 'very respectable-looking grey haired American lady' in conversation - she was rather diminutive and the be-kilted Hamish towered over her.
She said: "Tell me Mr Henderson, what does 'Tail Toddle' mean?"
Hamish moved in very close to the lady so he was loomed over her and boomed in a slow, deep voice; "Well madam, the tail is the female pudenda and toddling is the act of fornication, so tail toddling is going backward and forward - backward and forward....." and began to demonstrate the action with his hips.
The lady fled and was never seen again.
Jim Carroll