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Sgeulachd mu bhean-sìth a bha a' nighe aodach nam marbh ann...

Date 21 October 1973
Track ID 90242
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1973.136

Original Tape ID

SA1973.136

Summary

Story about fairy who washed the clothes of the dead in a stream.

A man met a fairy washing the clothes of the dead in an stream. He met her every night for three years. She told him that she was taking milk from a certain man's cow, to give to her sons, who were sick. She promised to reward them if they would let her take the milk for another week. She warned the man she met not to let his family go to certain places after sunset. According to tradition fairies were supposed to have been thrown out of heaven and reduced to living inside hills.

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Tiree

Island - Tiree

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good