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The Legend
of the Devil
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Legend has it that in
1837, on a clear winter’s evening, the devil visited the church in
Bowmore.
The church was round in
shape, purposely built, in preparation for such a visit as there were no
corners in which the devil could hide. The local congregation chased the
devil from the church. He fled through the village, eventually finding a
hiding place in Bowmore distillery. The villagers raced through the
distillery, in search of the devil.
That night the
Warehousemen were filling the golden Bowmore whisky into casks and loading
them aboard The Maid of Islay, the tiny paddle steamship used for
transporting Bowmore whisky to the mainland. All the distillery doors and
gates were slammed shut and locked to prevent the devil’s escape. The
distillery was searched from the maltbarns to the mash house, but the
devil was nowhere to be found. The Maid of Islay, loaded with the last
cask of Bowmore, gave a loud blast of her horn and paddled off across the
calm Loch Indaal into the clear dark night.
The devil was never found
that night, but, as legend goes, escaped in a cask of Bowmore destined for
the mainland. Whether The Maid of Islay ever reached the mainland is not
known, but on certain still winter nights, the sound of the sea lapping
against the distillery wall is akin to the faint paddling of a small
steamship in the distance.
Legend Tin Box -
Released 1996
(Limited
Edition)
This Limited Edition Tin illustrates
an artist's interpretation of this Legend of Romance.
Aged 8 Years Tin
Box - Released
1996
(Italian
market only)
This Limited Edition Tin illustrates
an artist's interpretation of this Legend of Romance.
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