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Story entitled 'Iron and Lightning', c1875

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/49

Scope and Contents

Story entitled 'Iron and Lightning' telling how Highlanders knew 'The power of iron over lightning' long ago, describing how when a storm began the sister of a man in Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla] knelt and prayed for the storm to stop while he heated iron tongs on the fire and hung them on the pot chain. 'If the lightning came into the house the heated tongs attracted it and carried it up the luitheir or farlos'. The text looks as if it may be incomplete.

Dates

  • Creation: c1875

Language of Materials

English Gaelic

Conditions Governing Access

This material is unrestricted.

Extent

From the Series: 183 folios ; 20 x 23.8cm

Physical Location

5.07

Physical Location

folio 120v, line 1 to folio 120v, line 16

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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