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Sometimes said to be Baile-a-Chuil-Tir, the land lying behind the country; Baile-a-chuig-Tir, the land of the five glens;Baile-phuidir, the land of the puidreag-a stone in the "Beallaidh Park" supposed to have belonged to the Druidical worship; or Baile-chuidir,the town or land of joint occupancy. None of these ways of accounting for the name Balquhidder is satisfactory. The last mentioned seems to me to be nearest the truth.
Rev. David Cameron's note:
I believe the first to be the correct derivation of Balquhidder. It is the derivation accepted by Rev.Dr.Lees in his article on Balquhidder in "Good Words," and by Dr. MacGregor, late Professor in New College, Edinburgh. It seems to me perfectly to describe the natural characteristics of the place;whilst the others I can only regard as fanciful.
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| Lochearnhead
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The village at the head of Loch Earn
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| Strathire (Strath-thir)
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The lower valley of the country.
Rev. David Cameron's note:
Perhaps from "Srath-thioradh," the "genial," "warm," or sheltered strath. It is pronounced in conversation with three syllables, which this derivation would give it, and which Strath-thir would not. This is the derivation adopted by Rev.Mr.Stewart of Balquhidder in Statistical Account of Scotland. The common derivation of the people is "Strath-theotnair" - the Strath of the Tether, or Long Strath, but I think the others are better.
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