Hebridean Island: Memories of ScarpAngus Duncan An islander, who was also recognized as a Celtic scholar, recalls a way of life now all but forgotten, including: the harvests of the land of the sea; children's games and pastimes; traditional folktales as told round the peat fires; social customs and occasions; and notable characters of the day, such as Niggardly Mary, William-be-seated, Swarthy Kenneth and the Splay-Footed Beast of the Wood. |
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... visiting ' , but it is generally heard in such phrases as , Cuin a tha thulsibh a ' tighinn a chèilidh ? - ' When are you coming to visit ? ' , that is to say , going to pay us a visit ; Cha ... visitors . Each house had The Ceilidh, Part 1.
... visiting ' , but it is generally heard in such phrases as , Cuin a tha thulsibh a ' tighinn a chèilidh ? - ' When are you coming to visit ? ' , that is to say , going to pay us a visit ; Cha ... visitors . Each house had The Ceilidh, Part 1.
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... visitors while another house gained in popularity . On this account , an islander home on holiday from the south was almost sure to ask , as he recalled his own life on the island , Dè ' n taigh - ceilidh a th'agaibh a - nis ? What visiting ...
... visitors while another house gained in popularity . On this account , an islander home on holiday from the south was almost sure to ask , as he recalled his own life on the island , Dè ' n taigh - ceilidh a th'agaibh a - nis ? What visiting ...
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... visitor unexpectedly got hospitality from a family of the Niggardly Mary type . At a certain Communion season one of ... visitors to their home . He went uninvited to the house , where he got some supper , a bed , and breakfast in the ...
... visitor unexpectedly got hospitality from a family of the Niggardly Mary type . At a certain Communion season one of ... visitors to their home . He went uninvited to the house , where he got some supper , a bed , and breakfast in the ...
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Amhuinnsuidhe Angus Angus MacInnes bannock Big John Birken Blackface sheep boat boyhood boys buttons carried cattle CHAPTER Church colour creel crew crofters crofting dwellinghouses Edinburgh fank ferry fishing Fladday folktale Gaelic gathered girl grindstone ground Hamlet hand Harris Tweed heard Hebridean Highlands Hogmanay Hushinish island J. M. Barrie known lambs land Lewis little Birken lived lobster Loch Resort long-line fishing MacDonald machair MacInnes MacLean MacLeod meal milk missionary Mòr mother Murdo Murdo MacLeod night North Harris once Outer Hebrides parish peat potatoes R.M. Adam remember rock sandy Scarp schoolmaster Scotland Scottish seaweed seen sheep shore side smearing sometimes Sound St Kilda stone Stornoway story Taransay Tarbert told took traditional village visitors W. S. Duncan wall watched weather Western Isles women wood wooden young