Story entitled 'Cigean, Cuaigean as Boc geal an reubainn', 1861
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Cigean, Cuaigean as Boc geal an reubainn' probably collected in An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye, in which the three characters have some corn and Cigean asks who will grow it, to which Cuaigean replies 'Nach tog thu fhèin?' ['Won't you grow it yourself?'] to which Boc Geal an Reubainn suggests they all frow it together. Next Cigean asks who will winnow it and the same responses come. The story continues through the process of preparing the corn up until the point at which it is baked with the final question being 'Co dh'itheas am bonnach' and with the same solution that they eat it together the narrator leaves them to eat. Carmichael notes at the end of the story, 'Practical men will look upon this as abstract nonsensical yet a moral philosopher would I think draw a very good moral from it.'
Dates
- Creation: 1861
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 3 notebooks of 80 folios ; 21 x 25 cm
Physical Location
CW107-121
Physical Location
folio 37r, line 1 to folio 37r, line 34
Bibliography
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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