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FAIRY TALES AND FOLK LORE.
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all that it contained were blown into the skies. She
ran out in terror and asked what had happened.
" Never mind, if he cheated me over the white horse
and the old wives, I have cheated him of his life."
He continued to make socks and to go with them
once a month to the fair; but he became a wise man,
and, any time he had need of money, he would take
a little from the hoard he had hidden under the
threshold of the smithy.
33
all that it contained were blown into the skies. She
ran out in terror and asked what had happened.
" Never mind, if he cheated me over the white horse
and the old wives, I have cheated him of his life."
He continued to make socks and to go with them
once a month to the fair; but he became a wise man,
and, any time he had need of money, he would take
a little from the hoard he had hidden under the
threshold of the smithy.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Matheson Collection > Folk tales and fairy lore in Gaelic and English > (55) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76596887 |
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| Description | Collected by James Macdougall. |
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| Shelfmark | Mat.107 |
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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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