While all the able bodied men of the clan were away fighting in one of the many wars or forays which marked this period, it was customary for the women to remain at home looking after the townships. This happened on one occasion at Achavaddy and a crippled tailor, who was not fit enough to bear arms, was left behind to keep an eye on things until the other menfolk returned.

One day the ladies spotted some salmon in the river in a pool below the township. They rushed to tell the tailor in the hope that he would be able to catch some much needed food. The tailor was no fisherman, but he did his best, finding a morghath, (pronounced morrah in the Braes) a three pronged spear, which attached to a wooden shaft,  he fastened it to the bottom of a scythe. He duly went down to the river, located a salmon, and attempted to spear it with his improvised equipment.  In his excitement he forgot about the scythe blade which caught him on the back of the neck.  Legend says he cut off his own head which sounds a bit unlikely. However, regardless of the extent of the injury, he was fatally wounded and died on the spot. The women took his body up to the little knoll seen in the foreground of the picture and buried him there. 

The pool where this happened is still known as Boinne an Tàilleir (The Tailor’s Stream). It is on the Roy directly below Achavaddy township.

The Tailor was one the Buileach or Boyles, a tribe who had come to the Braes from Ireland, as part of an early Keppoch bride's tocher.

The incident gave rise to a saying in the Braes "As clumsy as a Boyle"