Story about the theft of a corpse, 20 January 1871
Scope and Contents
Story collected from Hector MacLeod, aged 85, at Caisteal Bhuirgh/Borve Castle, Lionacleit/Linaclate, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula, telling how a woman from the MacCormaig family in Killpheadair [Cille Pheadair/Kilpheder, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] went to work at Balranald [Baile Raghnaill, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] and got married there. Not long after she married she fell ill and died. When her wake folk were resting her friends 'who came in g[rea]t force' took away her corpse but they were stranded at Car[inis]h [Cairinis/Carinish] by the tide and bad weather and they put the corpse in Teampull na Trionaid and hid themselves. The wall fell in and buried the corpse such that it has remained there ever since.
Dates
- Creation: 20 January 1871
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 64 folios ; 19.5 x 23 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 58v, line 22 to folio 59r, line 10
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Cemeteries
- Church Buildings
- Death
- Friendship
- Funeral Rites and Ceremonies
- Kilpheder South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Liniclate Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Lochee Liff and Benvie Angus
- Marriage
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Tales
- Teampull na Trionaid North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Tides
- Voyages and Travel
- Weather
Subject
- MacLeod, Hector, c1788- (Eachann mac Dhomhnaill ic Mhurchaidh ic Neill ic Coinnich ic Iain ic Ruaraidh ic Thormaid ic Uilleim ic Thorcail ic Leoid | Liniclate | Benbecula | Inverness-shire) (Person)
- MacCormick (Kilpheder | South Uist) (Family)
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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