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FOLK-TALES OF THE BOW AND ARROW
A place of sanctuary had become the veriest place of anguish
and death. Only one of the Comyns essayed to escape.
His career was short-lived, since the enemy demanded of
him the full penalty. And it is said that the Stewarts and
the Grants, and all their kinsfolk who were able to travel
to the scene, stood by and watched the leaping flames with
exultance.
Such was the fate that overtook a sept, one of whose
number had left his fellow-guest a cold, stiff corpse on his
host's floor.
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Peat-fire flame
DescriptionFolk-tales and traditions of the Highlands & Islands by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor.
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