Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Creutairean is cumhachdan mì-nàdarrach.
Contributors - Gilbert Clark
Reporters - Donald Archie MacDonald; Ian Fraser
Item Person - A' Chaointeach

Summary - Supernatural beasts and powers.

There was a creature called the Caointeach which wailed frequently. Parents, afraid of their children going near the cliffs, would frighten them by saying that the Caointeach would catch them. It was believed that seals were the children of some southern king. Mention of the black arts, evil eye, rebuking and superstition.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:06:17
Date Recorded - 1968
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 63670
Original Tape ID - SA1968.098
Original Track ID - SA1968.098
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R



Item Location:
  County - Argyllshire
  Island - Islay

Item Notes -

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/63670/1


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