Story about a water horse or each-uisge, 23 May 1869
Scope and Contents
Story about a water horse or each-uisge collected from Roderick MacNeil, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay telling how a water horse took a girl away from her house on a Sunday and laid his head on her knee but she cut her apron around him to escape. He came again the following Sunday and carried her off to Creagan-oillt [possibly Creagan Uillt, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] and they were also seen at Glaic an da Bheann [Glaic an Dà Bheann]. After that her lungs were found floating on Lon-greann [possibly Lòn Mòr, Grithean/Greann] at Clach an Eich. MacNeil states that every day in the year, 'There is a greann upon this lakelet'. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 23 May 1869
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 64 folios ; 17 x 20.3 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 21r, line 21 to folio 21v, line 10
- Clach an Eich Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Creagan Uillt Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Grithean Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Kidnapping
- Lochs
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Murder
- Placenames
- Tales
- Water-horses
Subject
- MacNeil, Roderick, c1790-1875 (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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