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INTRODUCTORY 5
going to recite who had less gumption
than John my brother. He would
not take tales with him, and he
would not give forth tales, yet for all
that he would be at scraps of lore.'
' This tale that John gave me is very
good, but he was not willing to give
it to me at all since he did not have it
right. He was saying that he had only
bits of it.' ' What is the name of the
tale, if you please V ' It is " Deirdire,
daughter of Colum Cruitire." ' ' There
is a good tale there indeed, a beautiful
tale. It was with myself that John
heard that tale, but he did not have
it right at all — he only took bits of
it with him. I went one night to
" ceilidh " to the house of John. He
was telling that story to people who
were in before I arrived. I listened to
him as long and as patiently as I could.
going to recite who had less gumption
than John my brother. He would
not take tales with him, and he
would not give forth tales, yet for all
that he would be at scraps of lore.'
' This tale that John gave me is very
good, but he was not willing to give
it to me at all since he did not have it
right. He was saying that he had only
bits of it.' ' What is the name of the
tale, if you please V ' It is " Deirdire,
daughter of Colum Cruitire." ' ' There
is a good tale there indeed, a beautiful
tale. It was with myself that John
heard that tale, but he did not have
it right at all — he only took bits of
it with him. I went one night to
" ceilidh " to the house of John. He
was telling that story to people who
were in before I arrived. I listened to
him as long and as patiently as I could.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Matheson Collection > Deirdire; and, The lay of the children of Uisne > (19) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76570667 |
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Description | Items from a collection of 170 volumes relating to Gaelic matters. Mainly philological works in the Celtic and some non-Celtic languages. Some books extensively annotated by Angus Matheson, the first Professor of Celtic at Glasgow University. |
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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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