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Nicolson, Magnus, c1845-1909 ([Manus MacNeacail] | postman | Fernilea, Isle of Skye and Glasgow)

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Story entitled 'Ursgeul - An Sagairt agus Bean a Chiabair', 28 February 1861

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW109/25
Scope and Contents Story entitled 'Ursgeul - An Sagairt agus Bean a Chiabair' collected from Manus Mac Neacail [Magnus Nicolson] Carbost [Càrabost, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. This tells how a boy finds a dead horse out on a moor. An eagle had started to eat its carcass but had got so full it could no longer fly so the boy takes the eagle with him. He comes across a shepherd's bothy and his wife lets him in. After a while the shepherd's wife sends the boy out into the snow, although he did not want...
Dates: 28 February 1861

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