Talk:Black Morrow

MacLellan or McLennan

article 1st states "killed by a MacLellan" then "killed by Sir William McLennan" then "MacLellan bought the land with the reward" then "McLennan deliberately replaced spring-water"

so which family killed the black morrow? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.15.113.241 (talk) 06:43, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure McLennan is a typo for McLellan.--Celtus (talk) 07:04, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Dates?

How about some dates for any of this? Even approximate dates would be helpful - e.g., before the 16th century. I doubt it happened after 1900 AD, and I'm pretty sure it didn't happen before 1100 AD, but could we narrow it down a little more? Even "sometime between 1100-1900 AD" is certainly more information than is currently in the article.

C'mon, you Scotch guys, somebody's gotta know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.243.129.217 (talk) 13:23, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

James II of Scotland, mentioned in the story, reigned as King of Scots from 1437 to 1460... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.177.1.176 (talk) 03:15, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Dubious Irishman claim

"There are several different versions of the story, in which the slain bandit is variously described as a Gypsy, a Moor[2] or more commonly, an Irishman". The latter is false. One of the links is dead, the other is a personal webpage (not a historical source) and the final source I could not verify. Who ever added this seems to have had their own agenda.Black Murray (talk) 18:37, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Origin of "Black" in name

Erm… wouldn't "black hair" be the least contrived option? Even if it has nothing to do with dubh (Gaelic may not have been spoken that far east at that point?), it's sort of the most obvious black trait for a Scotsman back then. 89.64.69.235 (talk) 19:13, 17 November 2023 (UTC)