MacInnes, John, c1801-1894
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Story entitled 'Caileach Ghlinn Dorcha', 29 January 1875
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/126
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Caileach Ghlinn Dorcha' probably collected from John MacInnes, aged 70 years, Stadhlaigearraidh/Stilligarry, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist. The story tells how a man met an old woman who called herself 'Cailleach a' Ghlinn Dorcha'. When he asked her how old she was she replied that she was so old she could remember when there nut trees in Bornish [Bornais] and after further conversation she vanished. Carmichael notes that nuts and tree roots are found in Bornish and also that...
Dates:
29 January 1875