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Thairis air na tr矛 seachdainean a dh鈥檉halbh, dh鈥檌nns mi eachdraidh Sheumais Mhic a鈥� Phearsain, an ceatharnach. Chaidh a chrochadh gu b脿s ann am Banbh anns a鈥� bhliadhna seachd ceud deug (1700). Bidh cuimhne agaibh gun do chuir an siorram ann am Banbh an cloc air adhart cairteal na h-uarach oir bha stad-breith air an rathad airson Seumas a sh脿bhaladh.

Th貌isich an gnothach seo co-sp脿irn eadar Baile Bhanbh agus am baile air taobh eile Uisge Dubh-脠ireann 鈥� An D霉n no MacDuff. Fhuair mi an naidheachd mu dheidhinn 脿 l脿rach-l矛n Tobar an Dualchais, agus fear Te脿rlach Simpson, a bhuineadh don D霉n. Bha Te脿rlach dhen bheachd gur e deagh dhuine a bha ann am Mac a鈥� Phearsain.

Nuair a bha Te脿rlach 貌g, cha bhiodh fear 脿 Banbh a鈥� falbh le t猫 脿s an D霉n. Bhiodh na balaich 脿 Banbh ag 猫igheachd air na gillean 脿s an D霉n, 鈥�Fa shot the loon?鈥� (C貌 loisg air a鈥� ghille?) Bha sin a鈥� cuimhneachadh tachartas nuair a chaidh gille a mharbhadh le mearachd, agus saighdearan a鈥� losgadh air targaidean. Bhiodh na balaich 脿s an D霉n an uair sin ag r脿dh ris na gillean 脿 Banbh, 鈥�Fa hanged the man afore his time?鈥櫬�

Nuair a thogadh eaglais anns an D霉n anns an naoidheamh linn deug - 始s e Doune Church a chanas iad rithe ann am Beurla 鈥� chaidh t霉r a thogail oirre le cloc ann. Ach chan eil ceithir aghaidhean air a鈥� chloc. Chan eil ann ach na tr矛. Tha an t猫 air an taobh siar 鈥� taobh Bhanbh 鈥� a dh矛th. Cha robh muinntir an D霉in ag iarraidh an uair a thoirt do mhuinntir Bhanbh.

Chaidh an cloc ann am Banbh fh猫in a ghluasad gu baile 霉r a chaidh a thogail tr脿th anns an naoidheamh linn deug. 始S e sin Baile Bhainidh no Dufftown. Bha daoine ag aithneachadh a鈥� chloc mar 鈥榓n cloc a chroch Mac a鈥� Phearsain鈥�. Bha e a鈥� ruith cairteal na h-uarach air thoiseach ann am Banbh fad 霉ine an d猫idh a鈥� chrochaidh. Ach tha mi an d霉il an-diugh ann am Baile Bhainidh gu bheil e a鈥� toirt dhuinn an uair cheart.

Over the last three weeks, I told the story of James MacPherson, the freebooter. He was hanged in Banff in the year 1700. You鈥檒l remember that the sheriff in Banff put the clock forward a quarter of an hour because a reprieve was on the way to save James.

This matter started a rivalry between Banff and the town on the other side of the River Deveron 鈥� An D霉n or MacDuff. I got the story about it from the Tobar an Dualchais website and one Charles Simpson, who belonged to MacDuff. Charles was of the opinion that MacPherson was a good man.

When Charles was young, a guy from Banff wouldn鈥檛 go out with a girl from MacDuff. The lads from Banff would shout at the lads from MacDuff, 鈥楩a shot the loon?鈥� (who shot the lad?). That was recalling an occurrence when a lad was killed by mistake, when soldiers were firing at targets. The lads from MacDuff would then say to the Banff boys, 鈥楩a hanged the man afore his time?鈥櫬�

When a church was built in MacDuff in the 19th century 鈥� it was called Doune Church in English 鈥� a tower was built on it with a clock in it. But there are not four faces on the clock. There are only three. The one on the west side 鈥� the Banff side 鈥� is missing. The MacDuff folk did not want to give the time to the Banff people.

The clock in Banff itself was moved to a new town that was built early in the 19th century. That is Baile Bhainidh or Dufftown. People were calling it 鈥榯he clock that hanged MacPherson鈥�. It was running quarter of an hour ahead in Banff for some time after the hanging. But I expect today in Dufftown that it gives us the correct time.