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Chùm fear a ghoid cnòthan dithis bho bhith a' goid corp.

Date September 1975
Track ID 55594
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1975.156.A1

Original Tape ID

SA1975.156

Summary

A man who stole nuts prevented two men stealing a newly buried body.

A poor man stole vegetables every Saturday night. One night he stole nuts and stopped in the cemetery to eat them. Two men came to steal a newly buried body.

The ghost of the newly buried man appeared to the nut-stealer. The ghost told him that he would be forgiven for stealing the nuts because he had kept the bodysnatchers from taking his body, but he told him not to steal any more. He stopped stealing from gardens and the other men stopped bodysnatching.

The contributor heard this story when she was twelve years old from Donald John MacLennan of Scalpay.

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good