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292 WEST HIGHLAND TALES.
" Well, then, I am, if I did but know at whom I
should let it out."
" Back, my good man ; it was no easier for me to
break thy harps than to make them whole again," said
the Champion.
" I will give anything to have them made whole
again," said O'DomlinuilL
" For two times five marks I wdll make thy harps
as good as they were before," said the Champion.
" Thou shalt get that," said O'Domlmuill.
O'Domhnuill gave him the marks, and he seized
on the fill of his two palms of the ashes, and he made
a harp for Iluairidh O'Cridheagan ; and one for Tor-
maid O'GioUagan ; and one for Thaog O'Chuthag ; and
a great choral harp for liimself
" Let's hear thy music," said O'Domhnuill.
" Thou shalt hear that, my good man," said the
Champion.
The Champion began to play, and och ! but he was
the boy behind the harp.
" He could play tunes, and uirt and okgain
Trampling things, tightened strings.
Warriors, heroes, and ghosts on their feet.
Ghosts and souls, and sickness and fever,
That would set in sound lasting sleep
The whole great world
With the sweetness of the calming tunes
That the champion could play."
" Thou art melodious, oh Champion ! " said
O'Domhnuill
Wlien the harpers heard the Champion playing,
they betook themselves to another chamber, and
though he had followed on, still they had not come to
the fore.
" Well, then, I am, if I did but know at whom I
should let it out."
" Back, my good man ; it was no easier for me to
break thy harps than to make them whole again," said
the Champion.
" I will give anything to have them made whole
again," said O'DomlinuilL
" For two times five marks I wdll make thy harps
as good as they were before," said the Champion.
" Thou shalt get that," said O'Domlmuill.
O'Domhnuill gave him the marks, and he seized
on the fill of his two palms of the ashes, and he made
a harp for Iluairidh O'Cridheagan ; and one for Tor-
maid O'GioUagan ; and one for Thaog O'Chuthag ; and
a great choral harp for liimself
" Let's hear thy music," said O'Domhnuill.
" Thou shalt hear that, my good man," said the
Champion.
The Champion began to play, and och ! but he was
the boy behind the harp.
" He could play tunes, and uirt and okgain
Trampling things, tightened strings.
Warriors, heroes, and ghosts on their feet.
Ghosts and souls, and sickness and fever,
That would set in sound lasting sleep
The whole great world
With the sweetness of the calming tunes
That the champion could play."
" Thou art melodious, oh Champion ! " said
O'Domhnuill
Wlien the harpers heard the Champion playing,
they betook themselves to another chamber, and
though he had followed on, still they had not come to
the fore.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Popular tales of the West Highlands > Volume 1 > (436) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76360324 |
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Description | Volume I. |
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Shelfmark | Blair.173 |
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Description | Orally collected, with a translation by J.F. Campbell. |
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Shelfmark | Blair.173-176 |
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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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