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Cnoca Breac South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Saying beginning 'Cha nionach usa bhi beirteach', 29 August 1870

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/109
Scope and Contents

Saying probably collected on Beinn na Faoghla/Benebcula beginning 'Cha nionach [th]usa bhi[th] beirteach, Mas a leat na bheil mi faicinn' and composed of eleven lines.

Dates: 29 August 1870

Story about a woman stealing a kettle from the fairies and accompanying notes, September 1872

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/90
Scope and Contents Story about a woman stealing a coire or kettle from 'Siein rua Chroca breaca Staonabrig' [Sìthein Ruadh [a fairy hill], Cnoca Breaca, Staoinebrig/Stoneybridge, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. As she took the kettle the old man said to her,' A bhean bhalbh sin sa bhean bhalbh thain[i]g [thus] a tir nam marbh a rug eir a choire na crutha fuasgail an dugh 's l[e]ig an dearg' [That dumb woman, that dumb woman who came from the land of the dead. Open the black [dog] and let go the red [dog].' The...
Dates: September 1872