Why Is That Rabbit Watching Me? GM-Thomas Grooms
Setting : Kilmahog (a hamlet situated half a mile to the west of Callander), Scotland June 1927. Callander is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Leny, located in the historic county of Perthshire. Local Folklore : In Mr Rogers’ (1853) fine historical tour of the region, he notes: Samson Stone Kelpies The Red Well The nearby Samson Stone “on the summit of one of the eminences of Bochastle,” a couple of miles west of Callander. Legend has it, the Samson Stone was traditionally thrown here by one of the Fingalian giants in ancient times. It was originally located upon Ben Ledi , nearly 3 miles northwest, and was one of several stones being thrown in a competition to see who was the strongest of the giants — and Samson was the name of the one who threw this huge rock. The superstition of water be it lakes, rivers, falls (such as Bracklinn Falls near Callander), the sea as the...