Portal:Scottish islands/Did you know/20
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- ... that on Stac an Armin, the highest stack in Scotland, the last great auk (portrayal pictured) in the British Isles was clubbed to death in 1840 because it was thought to be a witch?
- ... that "The Summons" includes 13 questions asked in the voice of Jesus?
- ... that a 19th century antiquary considered that a saga character named Ljótólfr was the eponymous ancestor of the Clan MacLeod?
- ... that the stoor worm, a sea monster of Orcadian mythology, could destroy humans with its putrid breath?