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Yowes o Gowrie

Nechtan, King of Picts asked a saint to build Dargie Kirk at Invergowrie. The devil (in Fife) threw 2 sheeplike boulders at the site, but hit the Tay river instead. This was the basis of Thomas the Rhymer’s prophecy on the Yowes o Gowrie.

Dundonians argue that the devil lives in Fife, but Fifers take a different stance.