 The Minch , a strait that separates the northwest Highlands of Scotland and the northern Inner Hebrides from the northern Outer Hebrides , is home to the blue men . According to lexicographer Edward Dwelly , in the Scottish Gaelic terms for the blue men – na fir ghorma , fear gorm and sruth nam fear gorm – the word gorm refers to any shade of blue and fear can be translated as " man " , na fir representing the plural " the men " . 
