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FAIRY STORIES. 59
the tailor's vnSe. Tliey found out afterwards it was the
niu-.se who had done it. The doctor was sent for, but all
was in vain ; day nor night rest they got none. At last
one day, all being absent but the tailor, who was there fol-
lo^^-ing his trade, he commenced a discourse "vvith the child
in the cradle. " Will hae ye your pipes ? " says the tailor.
" They're below my head," says the tenant of the cradle.
" Play me a spring," says the tailor. Like thought, the
little man, jiunping fi'oni the cradle, played round the room
vrith gi-eat glee. A cmious noise was heard meantime out-
side ; and the tailor asked what it meant. The little elf
called out, " It's my folk wanting me," and away he fled
up the chimney, lea^dng the tailor more dead than alive.
Their own child was brought home, the guilty nurse dis-
missed, and the tailor's wife amply rewarded for the care
of the chUd. She was heard to say, " It was a glad sight
the wee bit bairn."
5. The Macgowans of Grayscroft inTongland,and latterly
of Bogra, had the power of -ndtchcraft to a considerable
extent, and it descended from one generation to another.
At the time we refer to, Abraham Macgowan and his
daughter Jenny resided at Grayscroft. Jenny had an un-
limited power from Old Nick to act as she pleased. The
ploughmen at that time in their emploj' were Harry Dew
and Davde Gordon, young men about twenty-two years of
age ; they had been there for the last twelve months ; and
conversing one day together, the following took place : —
Harry- — " Losh man, Davie, what makes ye sae drowsy,
IsLzy, and sleepy-like the day, for I am verra sure ye work
nae mair than I do ; ye eat the same and sleep the same
as I do, and yet ye are so thin and wearied and himgry-
like, I diima ken ava what aUs ye ; are ye weel eneugh,
Da-\de ?" " I'm weel eneugh, HaiTy, but it's a' ye ken
about it ; sleep a night or twa at the bedside, and maybe
you'll no be sae apt to ask me sic questions agam. Harry
the tailor's vnSe. Tliey found out afterwards it was the
niu-.se who had done it. The doctor was sent for, but all
was in vain ; day nor night rest they got none. At last
one day, all being absent but the tailor, who was there fol-
lo^^-ing his trade, he commenced a discourse "vvith the child
in the cradle. " Will hae ye your pipes ? " says the tailor.
" They're below my head," says the tenant of the cradle.
" Play me a spring," says the tailor. Like thought, the
little man, jiunping fi'oni the cradle, played round the room
vrith gi-eat glee. A cmious noise was heard meantime out-
side ; and the tailor asked what it meant. The little elf
called out, " It's my folk wanting me," and away he fled
up the chimney, lea^dng the tailor more dead than alive.
Their own child was brought home, the guilty nurse dis-
missed, and the tailor's wife amply rewarded for the care
of the chUd. She was heard to say, " It was a glad sight
the wee bit bairn."
5. The Macgowans of Grayscroft inTongland,and latterly
of Bogra, had the power of -ndtchcraft to a considerable
extent, and it descended from one generation to another.
At the time we refer to, Abraham Macgowan and his
daughter Jenny resided at Grayscroft. Jenny had an un-
limited power from Old Nick to act as she pleased. The
ploughmen at that time in their emploj' were Harry Dew
and Davde Gordon, young men about twenty-two years of
age ; they had been there for the last twelve months ; and
conversing one day together, the following took place : —
Harry- — " Losh man, Davie, what makes ye sae drowsy,
IsLzy, and sleepy-like the day, for I am verra sure ye work
nae mair than I do ; ye eat the same and sleep the same
as I do, and yet ye are so thin and wearied and himgry-
like, I diima ken ava what aUs ye ; are ye weel eneugh,
Da-\de ?" " I'm weel eneugh, HaiTy, but it's a' ye ken
about it ; sleep a night or twa at the bedside, and maybe
you'll no be sae apt to ask me sic questions agam. Harry
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Popular tales of the West Highlands > Volume 2 > (77) |
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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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