Earlyinthe15thcentury,abandofHighlandrobbers,headedbyoneMacDonald,tooktwocowsfromapoorwoman.Shevowedthatshewouldwearnoshoestillshehadcomplainedtotheking.Thesavages,inridiculeofheroath,nailedhorseshoestothesolesofherfeet.
Whenherwoundswerehealed,thewomanproceededtotheroyalpresence.ThekinginstantlydispatchedanarmedforcetosecureMacDonald,whowasbroughttoPerth＊,alongwith12ofhisassociates.Thekingcausedthemalltobeshodinthesamemannerastheyhaddonebythepoorwoman.Andaftertheyhadbeenforthreedaysexhibitedthroughthestreetsofthetown,MacDonaldwasbeheaded,andhiscompanionshanged.
十五世紀初，蘇格蘭高地一群強盜由一個叫麥克唐納的人率領，奪去一個貧苦婦人兩隻母牛。那婦人誓言一天未向國王鳴寃，一天不再穿鞋子。那些野蠻強盜以此為笑，還因此把馬蹄鐵釘在她腳掌上。
那婦人傷愈之後，走到御前申訴。國王馬上派軍隊去捉拿麥克唐納，把他和十二個同黨押解到伯斯。國王下令給十三人都在腳掌釘上馬蹄鐵，像他們對付那貧苦婦人一樣。十三人在伯斯遊街示眾三天之後，麥克唐納遭斬首，其同黨則處絞刑。
＊伯斯是蘇格蘭東部一個行政區的首府。