Cam Chollach Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Story entitled 'Luideag na h aibhne', 1901
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/86
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Luideag na h aibhne' probably collected on Barraigh/Isle of Barra. The story tells how a woman comes across a 'luideag' washing shirts. The luideag tells the woman that she is washing shirts for 'da Ruarai' [two Ruaris or Rodericks] and her son but that the two Ruaris will not come back but her son will. The two Ruaris drowned at Cam Chollach but her son managed to swim to safety. The story is stated as being 'in Tangastal, Barra' [Tangasdal/Tangusdale]' and that the 'Da...
Dates:
1901