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Fishing with geese

In the early 18th century, farmers around the Lake of Menteith rowed their farmyard geese out into the loch and set them swimming with baited lines tied to their legs. They’d make their way home and catch fish on the way.

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Hutchison, A.F. (1899) The Lake of Menteith: its Islands and Vicinity. Eneas MacKay, Stirling. 368pp