Story entitled 'An t-Each Uisge' about a water-horse in Crageo, Lewis, 1874 and 1891
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/148
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'An t-Each Uisge' about a water-horse in Crageo [Crà-geò [Loch Cràgach], Eilean Leòdhais /Isle of Lewis] who regularly visits three houses when the husband is away. Once the husband, a cattleman, put on his wife's clothes and started spinning thread. The water-horse came to the door, saw him and went away never to return confused that the woman of the house should be spinning but also have a beard, 'An cuigeal siud/ud a th'aigesan, Us feusag air a ghuibean aige.'
Dates
- Creation: 1874 and 1891
Language of Materials
Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 62 folios ; 23.5 x 19.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 41v, line 7 to folio 41v, line 13
Subject
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
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk