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THE SHARP GREY SHEEP. 289
One of them said, " "What is that creature saying ?"
And the queen said — " It's no matter what that crea-
ture is saying ; it is but a nasty, beaky, lying crea-
ture." The bird came again to the window ; and the
third time he came, the jarince said — " We will go and
see what he is sayii:g."
And he rose and he went out, and the bird cried —
" The blood 's in the shoe, and the pretty foot 's in
the nook that is at the back of the fire."
He returned in, and he ordered the nook at the
ba,ck of the fire to be searched. And they searched it,
and they found the first queen's daughter there, and
the golden shoe on the one foot. They cleaned the
blood out of the other shoe, and they tried it on her,
and the shoe fitted her, and its like was on the other
foot. The prince left the daughter of the last queen,
and he married the daughter of the first queen, and he
took her from them with him, and she was rich and
lucky after that.
A CHAORA BHIORACH GHLAS.
Bha Righ agus Baurigh aim, agus bha nighean aca. Agus thuaira
Bhanrigh bas, agus ph5s an Righ h-aon eile, agus bha Bhanrigh
ma dlieireadh dona ri nighean na ceud Bhanrigh, agus bhiodh i
gabhail orra, agus gacuir amach air an dorus. Chuir i a bhuachaill-
each nan caorach i, agus cha robh i tabhart dh' i na dh' fhoghnadli
dh' i. Agus bha caora bhiorach 'ghlas 'san treud a bha tighinn le biadh
a' h-ionsuidh. Bha a Bhanrigh a gabhail iongantas gun robh i
fanach beo, agus nach robh i faotuinn biadh ni's leoir uaipe fein; agus
dli' innis i do chailleach nan cearc e. Smuainich cailleach nan cearc
gun cuireadh i a nighean fein a dh' fhaireachdainn ciamar a bha i faot-
inn bi,adh. Agus chaidh ni mhaol charachnighean chailleach nan cearc
tion of the note of a singing bird ; the vowel sounds are ui and
oi, and there are many soft consonants.
VOL. II. U
One of them said, " "What is that creature saying ?"
And the queen said — " It's no matter what that crea-
ture is saying ; it is but a nasty, beaky, lying crea-
ture." The bird came again to the window ; and the
third time he came, the jarince said — " We will go and
see what he is sayii:g."
And he rose and he went out, and the bird cried —
" The blood 's in the shoe, and the pretty foot 's in
the nook that is at the back of the fire."
He returned in, and he ordered the nook at the
ba,ck of the fire to be searched. And they searched it,
and they found the first queen's daughter there, and
the golden shoe on the one foot. They cleaned the
blood out of the other shoe, and they tried it on her,
and the shoe fitted her, and its like was on the other
foot. The prince left the daughter of the last queen,
and he married the daughter of the first queen, and he
took her from them with him, and she was rich and
lucky after that.
A CHAORA BHIORACH GHLAS.
Bha Righ agus Baurigh aim, agus bha nighean aca. Agus thuaira
Bhanrigh bas, agus ph5s an Righ h-aon eile, agus bha Bhanrigh
ma dlieireadh dona ri nighean na ceud Bhanrigh, agus bhiodh i
gabhail orra, agus gacuir amach air an dorus. Chuir i a bhuachaill-
each nan caorach i, agus cha robh i tabhart dh' i na dh' fhoghnadli
dh' i. Agus bha caora bhiorach 'ghlas 'san treud a bha tighinn le biadh
a' h-ionsuidh. Bha a Bhanrigh a gabhail iongantas gun robh i
fanach beo, agus nach robh i faotuinn biadh ni's leoir uaipe fein; agus
dli' innis i do chailleach nan cearc e. Smuainich cailleach nan cearc
gun cuireadh i a nighean fein a dh' fhaireachdainn ciamar a bha i faot-
inn bi,adh. Agus chaidh ni mhaol charachnighean chailleach nan cearc
tion of the note of a singing bird ; the vowel sounds are ui and
oi, and there are many soft consonants.
VOL. II. U
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Popular tales of the West Highlands > Volume 2 > (307) |
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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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| 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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