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Information about lobster fishing at the Shiant Islands. The contributor went lobster fishing at the Shiant Islands when he left school. He gives detailed information and tells anecdotes about tho...

The bard tells of leaving North Uist twenty years ago and going to Glasgow. He decided to return home and took the train to Oban, in order to board the 'Hebrides'. He describes the joy of seeing th...

A thrush telling a man to drink his bottle of whisky. Donald, who was going fishing, met a thrush. The thrush made him drink his bottle of whisky. Afterwards, he lay down by the side of the road, ...

An omen of death: wailing. The contributor's father, uncle and two others were fishing in Loch Tamnabhaigh when they heard a man crying on the shore. They knew there could be no one there. The inc...

How Alasdair Mòr's fish turned to dirt. Alasdair Mòr mac Iain Làidir was fishing. Another man said it was time to share his catch, but Alasdair said there were plenty more fish in the river. When ...

Glasgow trams. Donald and Dougal were working in Glasgow. Dougal later said that the trams were pulled by fishing-rods.

A proverb said when people flocked to visit a rich person.

An omen about a death on a boat. Four boys bought a boat and went fishing west of Skye. Those on a boat alongside saw a man jump off the end of the boys' boat, but the crew were all still aboard. ...

An omen of death: a light in a boat. The crew of a fishing boat saw a light in the stern of a boat. They pulled it up on the shore and abandoned it. It filled with water. Much later, children were...

Definition of a word, 'sporthailean'. The contributor explains that 'sporthailean' was used to describe the act of looking for lice on a person's head, and also to describe a blind person feeling ...