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12 SPIORAD NA H-AOISE.
an fheasgar air ciaradh — bha neòil dhubha
dhorcha na h-oidhche a' tighinn, agus neòil
shìoda shèimh an latha a' triall ; na h-eòin
bheaga bhuchullach, bhachallach, òrbhuidhe
'gabhail mu thàmh ann am bun nam preas
's am barraibh nan dos — na h-innseagan
laoghacha lathacha, 's gach àite b' fhearr
a thaghadh iad ; ach ged a bha, cha robh
mac mòr Ghorla-nan-treud. Chunnaic e
tigh beag soluis fada uaithe ; 's ge b' f hada
uaithe, cha b' f hada 'ga ruigheachd.
'Nuair chaidh e stigh, chunnaic e sean
urra chohach do dhuine mòr torteil liath,
a' gabhail socair shàsda air beinge fhada air
dàrna taobh an teine, agus gruagach dhreach-
mhor a' cìreadh cùl dualach a leadain òir, air
an taobh eile.
" Gabh a nìos, òganaich," ars' an seann
duine, 's e 'g èirigh ; " 's e do bheatha. 'S
minic a thàlaidh mo leus loinnreach, astaraiche
nam beann. Gabh a nìos, 's leat blàths agus
fasgadh, 's gach cobhair tha 'm bothan an
t-slèibh. Dean suidhe ; 's ma 's miann leat,
cluinnear do sgèul."
" 'S òlach mise," arsa mac mòr an àireich,

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Daoine sidhe is uirsgeulan eile
DescriptionAir an cur an eagar le una, inghean fhir na pairce / na aealbhan o laimh Chatrna Chamaroin is Raoghnailt Ainslie Ghrannd Dubh. Gaelic fairy tales by Winifred M. Parker. Illustrated by Katherine Cameron, R.S.W., and Rachel Ainslie Grant Duff.
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Blair Collection
DescriptionA 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.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.