MacPhee, Donald, 1784-1868
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Story entitled 'Righ Eirinn', 21 January 1866
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/9
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Righ Eirinn' [Rìgh Èirinn or The King of Ireland] collected from Donull Mac O Phi [Donald MacPhee], Iocar, Uist a Deas [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The son of king is badly treated by his step-mother and nursemaid but a kindly old man takes pity on him. The old man gives him a feadan [chanter] which he uses to give his stepmother wind. She then asks her stepson to play chess which he wins and so she enchants him and he likewise puts his stepmother under an...
Dates:
21 January 1866