Cnoca Breac Standing Stone South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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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