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Story entitled 'Bhean Shith', 1871

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW119/29

Scope and Contents

Story entitled 'Bhean Shith' collected from an unnamed informant, telling how a man had courted a fairy but had married a human. His wife became pregnant and when he went to fetch the midwife, he met the fairy woman he had courted. She gave him a belt for his wife but on his way hom he tied the belt around a stone instead and it split in two. he then pulled some mungan [pearlwort] and placed it under his wife's feet and she gave birth to a healthy son and was all right. The text has been scored through in ink as if to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.

Dates

  • Creation: 1871

Language of Materials

Gaelic,English

Conditions Governing Access

This material is unrestricted.

Extent

From the Series: 1 volume ; 17 x 20.5 cm

Physical Location

5.07

Physical Location

folio 54v, line 1 to folio 54v, line 19

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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