 The account, hostile to the Scots in the way Gerald told it, was repeated in future Anglo-Norman and English histories, including the "Polychronicon" of Ranulf Higdon.The tale is a recognisable part of European folklore, being classed by Stith Thompson as tale-type K 811.1.Wiesław Weiss

Wiesław Weiss (born 1956) is a Polish journalist and writer interested in rock music and film.