Bhìd sinn-seanmhair an fhiosraiche corrag mèirlich dheth.
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1968
Track ID
58220
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1968.025.B
Original Tape ID
Summary
The contributor's great-grandmother bit off a cattle thief's finger.
Seònaid, the contributor's great-grandmother, was a dairymaid to the duke in Inveraray. She and her husband, John Black, moved to Tiree later. The duke's cattle were being stolen and Seònaid stayed up with them one night. A cattle thief came and was feeling the cattle. He put his finger in Seònaid's mouth and she bit it off. She gave it to the duke.
Item Notes
See 'Tocher' 18 pp. 48-49 for a full transcription and translation of another narration of this story.
Item Location
County - Argyllshire
Parish - Inveraray
Village/Place - Inveraray
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good