Story about a water-horse, 1869
Scope and Contents
Story about a water-horse, in which a young woman on her way between Beinn Mhòr and Loch Coire Mhic Iain to feed cattle from near Ormacleit [Ormaclete] or Staonabrig [Staoinebrig/Stoneybridge] [all Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] enounters a handsome young man. He asks her to stroke his hair, she does so and he falls asleep on her coat. She finds seaweed in his hair, realises he's a water-horse and escapes by cutting the coat from around his head and running away home. She gets such a fright that she does not leave her house for three years. The first time she leaves the house after that she encounters the young man, her heart bursts out of her and she dies. When the water-horse awakes, his mane is lying on the ground. Text has been scored through as if to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 1869
Language of Materials
Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 68 folios ; 20.5 x 16.5 cm
Physical Location
CW107-121
Physical Location
folio 60v, line 1 to folio 61r, line 12
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Repository Details
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