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Thread #28904   Message #4023161
Posted By: GUEST,Rod Bell
11-Dec-19 - 12:18 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Killiecrankie
Subject: RE: Origin: Killiecrankie
Verse 4

'And I had fed on Atholl gled'

Glen Atholl is near Killiecrankie. A gled is a kite, a bird of prey now returning in numbers to Britain. It feeds on carrion, so eating it implies that it is a disgusting act.