An Comunn Gàidhealach Publications > Deo-gréine > Volume 17, October 1921 to September 1922

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AN DEO-GREINE.
aidhean gu leoir airson aon oidhche, ach gun
tigeadh i f&n agus Grkdh air mo thoir an ath
oidhche. Chuir i an sin a l&mhan air mo
shuilean airson tiota; agus, ’nuair a
fhosgail mi iad, bha mi air ais ’na mo
leabaidh, agus mo luchd-iiiil gun tuilleadh
dealbh do shuilean mo chuirp.
Ged a chuir mi an la sin seachad gle
shona, cha robh mi gun fhadachd airson na
h-oidhche, ach cha chuireadh sin thugam
deireadh an Ik ni na bu luaithe, agus cha
robh air ach a bhi foighidneach.
Chaidh mi gu mo leabaidh aig an uair
abhaiseach, agus a dh’aindeoin mo dhlchioll
gu cumail ’na mo dhuisg thkinig fear na
siiilean priobach, agus dh’fhalbh e learn.
Thainig Spiorad Gian agus Grkdh mar a
gheall iad, agus thug iad mi gu na coille.
Bha Slthichean a roimh-ruith air tighinn,
agus a chbisir air gabhail an kit. Sheall mi
an sin ris a chuideachd a bha nis air an
rathad, agus cha mhor nach do stad m’aineil
ri bbidhchead an t-seallaidh.
Air an toiseach bha an High agus a Bhkn-
ngh, agus maighdeanan frithealaidh nan
d&dh. Bha an culaidhean-rloghail gorm air
an Bigh agus a Bhan-righ, agus cruin 6ir
mu’n cinn. ’S ainm a bheir sinne dhaibh—
Fkil-cuaich na Spr6g-na-cuthaig. Nuair a
chaidh iad seachad orm fhuair mi boladh
ciibhraidh o’n aodach a shaoil learn a bheir-
eadh slkinte do neach. Shuidh iad air na
cathairean cdinich agus an clann, a bha
sgeadaichte mar iad fein, air an fheur
bhbidheach uaine bha mu’n cuairt. Thkinig
na maighdeanan agus an luchd-frithealaidh
nan d^idh agus ghabh iad an kit ’nan
crbileaganan a sid agus a so.
Bha nebineanan ann le’m fbilidh pleatach
agus am fait buidhe-ruadh cho breagha ris
an 6r. Bha na Sobhraichean air dhath solus
gealach fhoghair, dliith air an teaghlach
rioghail. Na Buidheagan agus an deiseachan
cho deklrach ris a ghrbin a’ dol fodha anns a
chuan siar, iad a’ giulain cupanan Ikn dealt
’nan Ikmhan. Bha na Bearnanan-brlde agus
an cinn ris an athar, mar nach biodh ann ach
iad fbin. Bha, cuideachd, ann Raineach,
Dris is Droighean agus na h-uile sebrs’ eile
a bha air tighinn bho thlr chein aig an km
sin.
’Nuair a bha iad uile cruinn, dh’birich an
Righ. agus thubhairt e ris na Slthichean :
“A luchd-daimh agus a luchd-eblais, cuiribh
fkilte chridheil air a’ chailinn a dh’fhosgail
a cridhe do Spiorad Gian agus do Mhac
Grkdh, agus a thkinig gu toileach chum ’ur
cuirm. Foillsichibh ’ur buadhan, agus ’ur
bbidhchead d’a siiilean agus d’a h-inntinn,
Bruichdibh a mach bhur fkileadh ciibhraidh,
agus sksuichibh a tlachd. Cuiribh grkdh de
na h-uile nl kluinn na h-anam, agus mar sin
cha ghabh i tlachd gu brkth do nl nach flu. ”
Air do’n Righ so a radh rug e air laimh
air a chompanach rioghail agus dh’eirich iad
nan seasamh. Sheas ckch uile air ball.
Thbisich a’ chbisir ri seinn, agus ann an uine
ghoirid bha chuideachd a’ danns air a bhlkr.
Sgaoil Gathan-na-Grbine ’nam measg a’
cur a mach am blkths, agus a cur dreach an
oir air na craobhan mu’n cuairt. Thkinig
am Bogha frois agus rinn e roinn-chuairt os
an cionn, agus e a’ tilgeadh fhaileas air an
talamh. Air dhaibh a bhi sgith a danns’
shuidh an Righ, a Bhkn-righ agus na
Slthichean uile air an fheur, agus dh ’ith agus
dh’61 iad mil agus dealt. Thug Spiorad
mise dhachaidh agus chadail mi sona gu
maduinn.
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THE IRISH.
One of the Oldest Races.
Their nationality is a real thing. They
(the Irish) are one of the oldest races in the
world, so old that their legends go back to
the beginning of time and they have their
own myths of creation, says “ A. E.,” in “ The
Inner and Outer Ireland.”
There is in Gaelic a literature with epic and
heroic tales as imaginative as any in the
world. The fact that for the past eighty years
the majority of Irish people speak English
has but superficially modified Irish character.
A nation is a long enduring being, and the
thin veneer of another culture spread over it
for a couple of generations affects it as little
as the Americanism of a young man would be
affected who lived in Florence for a year and
learned to speak Italian.
The Gaelic culture still inspires all that is
best in Irish literature and Irish life. There
are writers like Yeats, Synge, Hyde, and
Stephens who might have won but little
repute had they not turned back and bathed
in the Gaelic tradition.
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In answer to a question put by Major
Mackenzie Wood, Aberdeen, the Secretary for
Scotland said that the number of applicants
for small holdings for Scotland in 1919, 1920,
and 1921 had been 396, 317, and 722, respec¬
tively. The number of. applications outstand¬
ing at present was 11,463, comprising 6857
for new holdings and 4606 for enlargements.