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Sgeulachdan mu Ghille Maol nan Cruit ann am Poll Iubh.

Date June 1957
Track ID 32903
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1957.42.B3

Original Tape ID

SA1957.042

Summary

Stories about Gille Maol nan Cruit in Poolewe.

A man called Gille Maol nan Cruit came to Boor in Poolewe and there was nothing he couldn't do. He got a horse for the Laird of Boor to work with his mare and told him he must urinate on its leg every day. One day he forgot and when he went to bring the mare into the stable there was nothing left but her heart and lungs and there was no sign of the horse. He knew it was a water horse.

A boy told Gille Maol nan Cruit he must be one of the Fèinne. He asked the boy if we wanted to see one of them and took him up a hill. He whistled and said some words and they saw a man approaching who was seven feet tall. The boy fainted.

When Gille Maol nan Cruit died and his coffin was taken for burial many said the coffin was empty

Item Subject/Person

Gille Maol nan Cruit

Recording Location

County - Sutherland

Parish - Farr

Village/Place - Armadale

Item Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Parish - Gairloch

Village/Place - Boor, Poolewe

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good