The Laird of Tillicoultry punched a priest after an argument about not paying church dues. After the laird died, his fist kept bursting out of his grave, punishment for his sin. He was reinterred, but the fist kept rising. Locals rolled a giant stone onto his grave to keep it by his side.
This is said to be the origin of the Scots saying “Yer haund will wag abune the grave” –said to children who dared strike a parent. (The grave is in Tillicoultry Old Kirkyard)
