The book Arran; - Cook Clan

FOLK LORE 279
her own plaid off her shoulders and threw it over the M^ileachan.
No sooner had she done this than the creature cried out, ' 111 is the
turn thou hast done me, and heavy is the burden thou hast laid on
me.' So saying he took himself off weeping bitterly, and he was
never seen more.
AN TUATHANACH AGUS AN UAMH-BHEIST
Bha tuathanach aon oidhche a' marcachd dhachaidh gu Clachaig
o Loch-an-Eilein, agus ann an lagan uaigneach de'n rathad ghrad
leum rudeigin air druira an eich air a chfilaobh, agus cho grad leum
e rithist gu lar. Thug an t-each clisgeadh as, agus air falbh ghabh
e 'na dheann ruith ;
ach cha b'fhada gus an robh an rud a bh'ann
a rithist air druim an eich, agus air ais gus an lar mu'm b'urrainn
do'n mharcaiche greim a dheanamh air. Chaidh an seorsa cleasachd
so air aghaidh car tacan, ach mu dheireadh rug an tuathanach air
rud-na-cleasachd, agus cheangail e gu diongmhalta e le bann leath-
raich a bh'aige. Nuair a rainig e a dhachaidh de bha 'na chuideachd
ach 6g-bheist, aon de shliochd nan uamh-bheistean a bha tuineachadh
an sud 's an so am measg frogan an eilein, agus a bha 'nan culaidhuamhais
do'n choimhearsnachd. Cheangail e suas an t-6g-bheist
ri posta gobhlach a bha 'cumail a suas sparran an fharaidh, ach cha
b'fhada gus an do lorgaich an t-seana-bheist a mach a h-al, agus gu
borb 's le bagradh dh'iarr i a shaorsa 'thoirt dha, ag radh :
' Fliuch, fuar m' fheusag,
Cuir a mach mo mhinnseag,i
No 's i 'chlach as kird' ad thaigh
Gu grad a' chlach is Isle.'
Bha an tuathanach toilichte a bhi cuidhte dhiubh araon, agus nuair
a fhuair an t-seana-bheist a h-al 'na gairdeanan, thubhairt i ris,
' Tha mi an d6chas nach do leig thu ris dhaibh eifeachd uisge uibhe
no bun na feanndaig.'
THE FARMER AND THE MONSTER
A farmer was one night riding home to Clachaig from Lamlash,
and in a lonely hollow of the road something suddenly leaped 'on
' Literally, my little kid, but here used as a term of endearment.
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