A famine

John Mackay records that under the Episcopal regime following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was seldom administered in the Scottish Highland's country parishes. The necessary vessels and linen cloths were often lacking, and when needed had to be borrowed. In the parish of Loch Broom, the Lord's Supper was only administered once in seven years; at Fodderty, once in twelve; and at Glenurquhart not once in twenty-four.

The Church in the Highlands (Hodder & Stoughton, 1914, p151) quoted in Maclean, Lord's Supper.

How stupid to think that certain vessels and linen are "necessary" to the Supper!