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OSSIAN — TRADITIONS, WRITINGS, ETC.
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tion of cattle, meal, and cheese ; Myl (Mull, Mul-e) ;
Rauney (Rona, Rona, seal isle) ; Skidi (Skye, Eilan
sgiathnach, the winged island), and thence by Harf
(Cape Wrath), to Orkney, where the king sickened and
died.
In this early account by an eye witness of a
Norwegian expedition, mention is made of " Kiarnakr
From grave-stones at Kilberry and Skipnish, in Argyleshire.
Two are life size, and such stones are common.
son makamals," a Scot who harried the Isle of Skye,
and whose men " had even taken small children, and
raising them on the points of their spears, shook them
till they fell down to their hands," and in the story
abstracted, vol. iii., p. 184, and got in Islay, Fionn Mac-
Chumhail goes from Islay to Skye to fight the Scandi-
navians. There is no mention of burnings and murders,

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Volume 4
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Popular tales of the west Highlands
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Matheson Collection
DescriptionItems from a collection of 170 volumes relating to Gaelic matters. Mainly philological works in the Celtic and some non-Celtic languages. Some books extensively annotated by Angus Matheson, the first Professor of Celtic at Glasgow University.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.