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XXVII.
CAILLIACH MHOE CHLIBHPJCH.
From W. Ross, stalker.
nPHIS celebrated witch was accused of having
-■- enchanted the deer of the Eeay forest, so that they
avoided pursuit. Lord Eeay was exceedingly angry,
but at a loss how to remedy the evil. His man
AVilliam (the same who braved the witch and sat
down in her hut) promised to find out if this was the
case. He watched her for a whole night, and by some
counter enchantments managed to be present when in
the early morning she was busy milking the hinds.
They were standing all about the door of the hut till
one of them ate a hank of blue Avorsted hanging from
a nail in it. The witch struck the animal, and said,
" The spell is off joxi ; and Lord Eeay's bullet will be
your death to-day.' AYilliam repeated this to his
master to confirm the tale of his having passed the
night in the hut of the great hag, which no one wotdd
believe. And the event justified it, for a fine yellow
hind was killed that day, and the hank of Ijlue yarn
was found in. its stomach.
This is one of nearly a liundred stories, gathered amongst
the people of Sutherland by a very talented collector, whose
numerous accomplishments unfortunately do not include Gaelic.
This resembles an account of a Lapp camp (see Introduction).
It also bears some affinity to a story published by Grant Stewart,
in which a ghost uses a herd of deer to carry her furniture.
CAILLIACH MHOE CHLIBHPJCH.
From W. Ross, stalker.
nPHIS celebrated witch was accused of having
-■- enchanted the deer of the Eeay forest, so that they
avoided pursuit. Lord Eeay was exceedingly angry,
but at a loss how to remedy the evil. His man
AVilliam (the same who braved the witch and sat
down in her hut) promised to find out if this was the
case. He watched her for a whole night, and by some
counter enchantments managed to be present when in
the early morning she was busy milking the hinds.
They were standing all about the door of the hut till
one of them ate a hank of blue Avorsted hanging from
a nail in it. The witch struck the animal, and said,
" The spell is off joxi ; and Lord Eeay's bullet will be
your death to-day.' AYilliam repeated this to his
master to confirm the tale of his having passed the
night in the hut of the great hag, which no one wotdd
believe. And the event justified it, for a fine yellow
hind was killed that day, and the hank of Ijlue yarn
was found in. its stomach.
This is one of nearly a liundred stories, gathered amongst
the people of Sutherland by a very talented collector, whose
numerous accomplishments unfortunately do not include Gaelic.
This resembles an account of a Lapp camp (see Introduction).
It also bears some affinity to a story published by Grant Stewart,
in which a ghost uses a herd of deer to carry her furniture.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Popular tales of the West Highlands > Volume 2 > (64) |
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| Description | Volume II. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.g.4(2) |
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| Description | Orally collected with a translation by J.F. Campbell. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.g.4(1-4) |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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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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