MacPhail, Malcolm, Rev, 1837-1906 (minister | Kilmartin | Argyllshire)
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Story entitled 'Na Sithich A Treabhadh' about working with the fairies, 1891
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/138
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Na Sithich A Treabhadh' about the fairies helping a man with his agricultural work. The fairies take every sguab (sheaf of corn) as wages. A man sitting on a small sheaf (raoid) sees a fairy going past without a sheaf and throws his after him. The story is the origin of the saying 'Cho lion'ar ri muinntir Fhionnlaidh'.
Dates:
1891