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THE ALP-LUACHRA. 49
nothing of it, sat down at the fire and began warm-
ing himself.
*' Where were you ?" says the daughter to him.
*• I was asleep a while," says he, " on the fresh
grass in the field where they were making hay."
"What happened to you, then?" says she, "for you
don't look well."
" Aluirya,* musha, then," says he, " I don't know ;
but it's queer the feeling I have, I never was like it be-
fore ; but I'll be better when I get a good sleep."
He went to his bed, lay down, and fell asleep, and
never awoke until the sun was high. He rose up then
and his wife said to him: "What was on you that you
slept that long?"
" I don't know," says he.
He went down to the fire where the daughter was
making a cake for the breakfast, and she said to him :
" How are you to-day, father ; are you anything
better ? "
"I got a good sleep," said he, "but I'm not a taste
better than I was last night ; and indeed, if you'd believe
me, I think there's something inside of me running back
and forwards."
" Arrah, that can't be," says the daughter, "but it's a
cold you got and you lying out on the fresh grass ; and
if you're not better in the evening we'll send for the
doctor."
* " Oh, Mary," or " by Mary," an expression like the French " dame !"
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nothing of it, sat down at the fire and began warm-
ing himself.
*' Where were you ?" says the daughter to him.
*• I was asleep a while," says he, " on the fresh
grass in the field where they were making hay."
"What happened to you, then?" says she, "for you
don't look well."
" Aluirya,* musha, then," says he, " I don't know ;
but it's queer the feeling I have, I never was like it be-
fore ; but I'll be better when I get a good sleep."
He went to his bed, lay down, and fell asleep, and
never awoke until the sun was high. He rose up then
and his wife said to him: "What was on you that you
slept that long?"
" I don't know," says he.
He went down to the fire where the daughter was
making a cake for the breakfast, and she said to him :
" How are you to-day, father ; are you anything
better ? "
"I got a good sleep," said he, "but I'm not a taste
better than I was last night ; and indeed, if you'd believe
me, I think there's something inside of me running back
and forwards."
" Arrah, that can't be," says the daughter, "but it's a
cold you got and you lying out on the fresh grass ; and
if you're not better in the evening we'll send for the
doctor."
* " Oh, Mary," or " by Mary," an expression like the French " dame !"
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Beside the fire > (111) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76244916 |
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Description | A collection of Irish Gaelic folk stories. |
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Shelfmark | Blair.222 |
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Description | A 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. |
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Description | Selected 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. |
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