Download files
Complete book:
Individual page:
Thumbnail gallery: Grid view | List view
XLIIL
THE SHAEP GEEY SHEEP.
From John Dewar, labourer, GlenJaruiil, C-Mval.
rpHEPtE was a king and a queen, and they had a
-■- daughter, and the queen found death, and the
king married another. And the last queen was had to
the daughter of the first queen, and she used to beat
her and put her out of the door. She sent her to herd
the sheep, and was not giving her what should suffice
her. And there was a sharp (horned) grey sheep in
tlie flock that was coming ^vith meat to her.
The queen was taking wonder that she was keep-
ing alive and that she was not getting meat enough
from herself, and she told it to the henwife. The
henwifc thouglit that she would send her own daughter
to watch how she was getting meat, and M Mhaol
Charach,* the henwife's daughter, went to herd the
sheep with the Cj[ueen's daughter. The sheep would
not come to her so long as Ni Mhaol Characli was
there, and Xi Mhaol Charach was staying all the day
with her. The queen's daughter was longing for her
meat, and she said — " Set thy head on my knee and I
will dress thy hair."t And Ni Mhaol Charach set her
head on the knee of the queen's daughter, and she
slept.
The sheep came with meat to the queen's daugh-
« Bakl brabby thin-. f Fasgabhaiilh.
THE SHAEP GEEY SHEEP.
From John Dewar, labourer, GlenJaruiil, C-Mval.
rpHEPtE was a king and a queen, and they had a
-■- daughter, and the queen found death, and the
king married another. And the last queen was had to
the daughter of the first queen, and she used to beat
her and put her out of the door. She sent her to herd
the sheep, and was not giving her what should suffice
her. And there was a sharp (horned) grey sheep in
tlie flock that was coming ^vith meat to her.
The queen was taking wonder that she was keep-
ing alive and that she was not getting meat enough
from herself, and she told it to the henwife. The
henwifc thouglit that she would send her own daughter
to watch how she was getting meat, and M Mhaol
Charach,* the henwife's daughter, went to herd the
sheep with the Cj[ueen's daughter. The sheep would
not come to her so long as Ni Mhaol Characli was
there, and Xi Mhaol Charach was staying all the day
with her. The queen's daughter was longing for her
meat, and she said — " Set thy head on my knee and I
will dress thy hair."t And Ni Mhaol Charach set her
head on the knee of the queen's daughter, and she
slept.
The sheep came with meat to the queen's daugh-
« Bakl brabby thin-. f Fasgabhaiilh.
Set display mode to: Large image | Transcription
Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. 
| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Popular tales of the West Highlands > Volume 2 > (304) |
|---|
| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/81420709 |
|---|
| Description | Volume II. |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | Cam.2.g.4(2) |
| Attribution and copyright: |
|
| Description | Orally collected with a translation by J.F. Campbell. |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | Cam.2.g.4(1-4) |
| Additional NLS resources: | |
More information
|
|
| 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. |
|---|
| 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. |
|---|