I particularly like the explanation from 1659 of how certain lands on Islay came to be in the hands of the Abbey of Derry:
“As for that roume in Ila pertaining to the Albacie of Derie our Scheanachies or as Buchannane calls them Senetiones doe affirme that the same was mortified to the Albacie of Derrie in Ireland by McDonald of Ila ffor ane untymeous fart he did let goe. This I bot tell you by the way.”
Do I detect a sense of humour in 17th Century Scotland?