SherifimuirThere was mair lost at the Shirramuir. Don't grieve for your losses, for worse have befallen others before now. The battle of Sheriffmuir, in 1715, between the Jacobites and Hanoverians was very bloody; both sides sustained heavy losses, and both sides claimed the victory. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Sherifimuir from Infoplease:
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