Scope and Contents Story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Cailleach Bheag an fhasaich' [Little Carlin of the Wild]. There was a poor soul living in Benbecula called Iagan-lom, because he had never managed to grow a beard. He wanted to marry someone like himself who was neither too big nor too small so he decided to go away to find her so that if she rejected him no one would know. So he set out whereupon a crow told him to go to Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris as that's where...

Scope and Contents Story entitled 'Mac Shir Eoghan Lochial agus Mac Sir Lundrum an Eireann' [or 'Mac Shir Eothain Lochiall agus Mac Iarl Anntruim an Eirinn'] [The son of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel and the son of the Earl of Antrim in Ireland] collected from Aoghnas [Aonghas] Peton [Angus Beaton] Bearnasdal, [Bearnasdail/Bernisdale, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. The story tells how Sir Ewen's son heard of a beautiful young woman who lived near Edinburgh and despite his father's warning that it would...

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Vocabulary note which reads 'Gledeireac = Courting'.