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FOLK TALES AND FAIRY LORE. 167
put me to death to-morrow unless I bring you home
ahve and well to-night." "Stay until I finish this
reel, and I will go with you then." He now attempted
to return within, but his companion laid hold of him
by the arm and pulled him out. His companion then
drew the dirk out of the door-post, and forthwith the
door closed against them both. They returned home;
and when they had arrived, and the first man had taken
the jar off his back, the clothes under it were worn
through to the skin.

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Folk tales and fairy lore in Gaelic and English
DescriptionCollected by James Macdougall.
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DescriptionItems 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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