Ghosts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Story about Donl Gorm Mor Shleibhte and accompanying note, 23 March 1871
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW119/8
Scope and Contents
Story probably told by John Pearson or MacPherson, cottar, Ceann Tangabhal/Kentangaval, Barraigh/Isle of Barra, concerning the supernatural visitation of Donl Gorm Mor Shleibhte [Sir Donald Gorm Mòr MacDonald of Sleat], who had apparently died on campaign, to his son Donald Gorm Og, uttering a threatening rhyme. The ghost's foster-brother told the son to turn every chair to the wall and light the fir candles. The story is interrupted by a note which reads 'The moil [shingle] on the west...
Dates:
23 March 1871