Campbell, Alexander, 1829-1916 ('Sgriob' | cow herd and weaver | Torlum | Benbecula | Inverness-shire)
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Story about a cow taken by the fairies, 1895
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      Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/73
    
      Scope and Contents
        Story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula telling how 'about 37 years' before [c1858] in Cnoc na Monadh/Torlum Alexander Campbell's cow, which was his wife's tocher went missing. He went looking for it calling the cow's name and as he passed a fairy hill called 'Sithean Beag' he heard a voice saying 'Tha mi so tha mi so I am here I am here.' Realising that the fairies had his cow, he took fright that he fled for home. When he arrived he had the appearance of being...
    
    
        Dates: 
      1895
    
  