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MacLeod, John, c1808-1887 (crofter)

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Story entitled 'An t-Each Uisge' about a water-horse in Carishader, Lewis, 6 May 1874 and 1891

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/147
Scope and Contents Story entitled 'An t-Each Uisge' collected from Iain Macleod, Bhaltos [Valtos, Eilean Leòdhais /Isle of Lewis]. The story concerns a family from Carasiatar [Cairisiadar/Carishader] who were bothered by a young water-horse, every time the husband was away from home. A wise man in the village told the husband to put on his wife's clothes and when the water-horse came to the house and asked who was in, the husband was to reply ' 'S mi-fein 's mi fein' ['Myself and myself']. This all happened...
Dates: 6 May 1874 and 1891

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  • Subject: Water-horses X
  • Subject: Cairisiadar Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland X