Story entitled 'Aird bhea’aich', 15 August 1883
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Aird bhea’aich' collected from Donald MacGregor, Baile Garbh/Bailegarve, Lios Mòr/Lismore, about a man called Donald Dubh and his father, in which the 'troublesome' Donald challenges his father to hang someone and if he does not hang them he is to give 'the power of pit and gallows' to Donald. They encounter three men carrying a caber each from the forest and Donald insists that his father hangs one of them. His father tricks him by technically hanging one of the man but not killing him. The story states that permission from Sir John was needed to take 'fiadh clia chliat' from Aird [a' Bheathaich].
Dates
- Creation: 15 August 1883
Language of Materials
Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 1 notebook ; 17.5 x 10.8 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 3v, line 1 to folio 4v, line 18
Subject
- Campbell, Donald, Sir, -1651 (of Airds) (Person)
- MacGregor, Donald, c1815-1887 (Bailegarbh | Lismore) (Person)
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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