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MacAskill, Allan, Captain, 1765-1828 (captain of an east Indiaman | son of the Rev Malcolm MacAskill | Calgary | Isle of Mull )

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Story about a deformed calf, August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/40
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Story about a deformed calf which tells how Captain Macasgail [MacAskill] at Calgary [Calgarraidh, Am Muile/Isle of Mull] would not allow a calf born with two heads and eight legs to be killed and so had it buried alive. The raoic [bellow] which the calf made echoed around the glen and frightened people.

Dates: August 1886