Talk:Wild Haggis

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Has nobody else noticed the problem here? "It is also believed that male Haggis run only clockwise and female Haggis run only in a counterclockwise direction." That would mean that males have longer right legs and females have longer left legs. "Fictionally, there are two species of Haggis, one with longer left legs and the other with longer right legs." That would mean that males are one species and females are another, and since turning around would make them fall, they would be unable to mate.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.218.140.55 (talk) 02:44, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

I was always lead to believe that there aren't two species, just that the legs are different on male and female Haggai. Typically I don't think the Haggis mate so much as meet... The kind of gullible people to whom you would tell this tale wouldn't immediately jump to the actual mating, they'd just think a kiss and that's it! Sjtaunton (talk) 13:01, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and removed the logically inconsistent claim that males and females run in opposite direction. -- Eb.hoop (talk) 01:07, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Man... my Dad (who is Scottish - from Dundee) told me this story when I was a kid, and I believed him for years until I found out what it actually was. I'd always thought this story was my Dad's own invention - didn't realize that it's actually told a lot in Scotland.

Just wondering - my Dad also told me specifically that the Haggis was a type of bird that ran on Hills in Scotland, and that it had evolved with one leg longer than the other to run on hills, but it could only run one way because of this - making it very easy to catch. He said that that was why it could only be hunted once a year - or the Haggis would surely go extinct.

Has anyone heard this detail of the story repeated?

Tommertron

Heh, not me. Since it's an entirely fictional creature, the teller of the story is free to make up any details he pleases. :-) Evercat 11:57 28 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I heard practically the same story some ten years ago, while drinking with some members of Estonian Scottish Society. Somehow, I had forgotten it for all these years. Glad to remember. --Oop 22:57, Oct 1, 2004 (UTC)

I heard it could only be hunted when drunk, in order to give it a fair chance. It makes the story less believable - as if it wasn't odd enough already - but makes it even better if the person doesn't catch on. To be honest, I was somehow disappointed with how flatly this article debunks the myth. It's a fun legend. I even have my own furry wee haggis.

Possible link to the Magic Puddin in Australia? sounds like a source...

I tell this to tourists, and they believe me. It's incredibly funny =oD

Well I was born and live in Scotland and I have heard this story for most of my life (always new it was not real). When I can a kid the story was always told about a bird which was able to fly and there was no mention of different lengths of legs. But recently I have heard a lot about the small ground mammal with 2 sets of legs of different lengths. I added a few details about this alternate version.

I recently also added some format to the article. I did not delete any thing but i did need to edit some text to make it clearer. If you do not like it please return to the old format i will not be offended.

Also we need to get a picture some this like this one. http://graphics.stanford.edu/~bjohanso/england/glasgow/haggis.jpg But not copy writed.

I also fixed the link but i was not logged in at the time.Elfwood 21:37, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

Link #2 is broken.

My name is Sara. I was born in paisley in 83 and moved to australia in 98. so figure the maths that makes me 22. :-) My Papa Harrigan told me the true story of Haggis (hehehe only the aussies beleive it). It is a little furry animal only found in the Highlands of Scotland. In order for it to balance on the steep slopes it has two long legs on one side and two short ones on the other. it runs around the hills but sometimes falls over, like a sheep it gets stuck on it's back and can't get up, so the farmers go out and collect them and kill em, bag em up in sheep stomach and sell them in the supermarkets! Haha Beat that one! :-)

My uncle told me (and my cousins, some of whom still believe the story) about the four-legged species that Sara's talking about. He said Haggis were hunted with Haggis Hounds, dogs trained to run the opposite way around mountains to the Haggis, which would get scared, try to turn around and fall over. Maybe there are actually two genera of Haggis, a three legged variety and a four-legged one. 213.107.24.178 15:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] 'fictional'

I'm sure it's very funny to keep removing the word 'fictional' from the introduction. But please don't do so. It's vandalism, and users doing it may get blocked.--MichaelMaggs 21:34, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not just Americans

Its not just tourists (mainly Americans) who believe this story - a few years ago when I was in my early 20s a Scottish co-worker and myself convincved a very gullible slightly older English colleuge that a Haggis was a real creature. Penrithguy 21:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] inadequate source citation

Although the first sentence of the article is accurate, much of the level of detail in the remainder of the intro, in particular, and some of the rest the article goes way beyond anything that could be said to exist in supposedly widely-held folklore tradition in Scotland. Are these quotes from a book, or the label of a tourist shop gift, in which case citations should be made? Are some editors just concocting their own myths to add here? Mutt Lunker 23:26, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other Uses

This reads like a sarcastic narrative. Probably needs to be deleted.