Thanks for the info., Jack. I'll try to look up "Aye Waukin O".   "Loch Sloy!" was the battle cry of Clan MacFarlane. The loch is now the site of a large dam and source of water for a major electric power operation of the Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. Water is piped down to the Loch Sloy Power Station near Inveruglas near the northern end of Loch Lomond. There is a tiny islet just offshore which was the location of a MacFarland stronghold, Inveruglas Castle, destroyed by Cromwell's Roundheads. Nothing now remains of it that can be seen from the shore.

Hopefully, Miss Jess was not a direct ancestor! There was at least one more MacFarlane lady who achieved some notoriety. According to the story, in 1589 the wife of the then Chief was having an affair with Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss. The MacFarlane clansmen hunted him to Bannachra Castle, burned it and killed Sir Humphrey. They then brought home to the unfortunate lady "an unspeakable portion" of Sir Humphrey's body and served it to her on a wooden plate with the words, "This is your share. You will understand yourself what it is."

I mentioned in a previous post the Clan MacFarlane well-deserved reputation as cattle theives. This is attested to not only by the full moon being referred to as "MacFarlane's Lantern," but also by the Clan pipe tune, "Thogail nam bo" or "Lifting the cattle.

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