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lÈ SPIÒRAD NA H-AOISE.
e am meas a bha bòidheach àillidh do 'n
t-sealladh ; ach cha do bhlais se e.
Ghabh na tri mairt mhaola odhar seachad
air a' choille, 's ràinig iad aonach farsuing air
an robh falaisg — am fraoch fada r'a theine —
ghabh iad g'a ionnsuidh. Bha 'n fhalaisg a'
sgaoileadh air an raon a' bagairt e fèin 's na
mairt mhaola odhar a losgadh ; ach ghabh
iad troimhpe — cha d' fheuch e am bacadh,
oir b' e so an gealladh a thug e ; lean e iad
troimh 'n teine, 's cha do loisgeadh ròin do
fhalt a chinn. Faicear 'na dhèidh sin abh-
uinn mhòr a bha air at le tuiltibh nam
beann. Thairis oirre ghabh na mairt mhaola
odhar, agus as an dèigh ghabh Caomhan gu
neo-sgàthach.
Tiota beag 'na dhèidh sin, faicear tigh-
aoraidh geal bòidheach air rèidhlean uaine ri
cùl gaoithe 's ri aodann grèine, as an cual' e
fuaim nan dàna mihs agus nan laoidhean
binne. Laigh an sprèidh air a' bhlàr, 's
chaidh Caomhan donn a stigh a dh' èisdeachd
sgeul an àigh. Cha b' fhada bha e 'g èisd-
eachd teachdaireachd an aoibhneis, 'nuair
thainig òganach guanach a stigh air dorus

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Daoine sidhe is uirsgeulan eile
DescriptionAir an cur an eagar le una, inghean fhir na pairce / na aealbhan o laimh Chatrna Chamaroin is Raoghnailt Ainslie Ghrannd Dubh. Gaelic fairy tales by Winifred M. Parker. Illustrated by Katherine Cameron, R.S.W., and Rachel Ainslie Grant Duff.
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Blair Collection
DescriptionA selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.