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Story entitled 'Cigean, Cuaigean as Boc geal an reubainn', 1861

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW109/16

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

Related Materials

Coll-97/CW441, GB 233 Adv. MS 50.1.11 ff.365v-6

Coll-97/CW112/2 - copy of this item from the same informant.

Bibliography

Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol. II (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. 300-301

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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