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Fyrie Dragon

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In his 1646 history of the Church in Scotland, David Calderwood very matter-of-factly records that: On Monday 3rd June 1622, “A fyrie dragon, both greate and long” flew over Scotland and was “spouting fyre from her”. Was no big deal.

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Thomson, T. (ed.) (1845) The History of the Kirk of Scotland, by Mr. David Calderwood. vol. 7. Wodrow Society, Edinburgh. pg. 548

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They callit it ane DRAGON!

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In 1500, at Glenconie, Hugh Fraser (Hutcheon Friseal) shot a beast “mair nor twa eln o length, without feet, having ane mickle fin on ilk side, ane tail, an ane terrible head”.
It “brint all to the eird, as it had been muirburn”.

“they callit it ane DRAGON”