The peat-fire flame : folk-tales and traditions of the Highlands & Islands

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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME accepted the smaller farm at Scarista, on the mainland of Harris. All went so well for a time that the Laird believed harmony now had displaced the animosities which had existed for years between the brothers, as well as between their respective families. Yet, all the time the sons of the brother now renting Scarista harboured suspicions as to how their uncle and cousins had acquired the superior farm of Risgarry. When they discovered that a sum of money actually had been paid by their uncle to the Laird of Harris, and at the very time negotiations for a settlement were being entered into, they resolved, with their father's connivance, to sail over to Berneray, put uncle and cousins out of the way, and take possession of their property. They disembarked on Berneray at dead of night, laid siege to their uncle's house, and killed all the family, with the exception of tlieir eldest cousin, John MacLeod, who was away from home at the time, and whose strength and swordsmanship the Scarista invaders dreaded. Father and sons now conspired to waylay John as he came home in the morning, when he was least likely to be prepared for a fight. It was arranged that the father, clad as he was in a coat of mail, would engage his nephew, while the sons would remain in concealment near at hand. In accordance with programme, John MacLeod, on his return to Berneray in the morning, was accosted by his evil uncle, who did not hesitate to tell him that not one of his kinsmen had survived the previous night's massacre, and that he himself was about to experience a similar fate. Against the sword of his uncle, poor John had neither shield nor armour wherewith to defend himself. Yet, in the duel that ensued he drove his uncle to give ground all the while, and finally thrust him through. At nightfall he swam across to Uist, and sought shelter at the hands of a fosterbrother, who was instrumental in having him ferried over to Nunton, in Benbecula, the seat of another uncle, Clan Ranald of the Isles. Under Clan Ranald's roof John MacLeod remained for a twelvemonth. Eventually MacLeod of Harris, together with several petty lairds acknowledging him as their superior, set sail in 222
FOLK-TALES OF DOUGHTY MEN AND DOUGHTY DEEDS the birlinns for Benbecula. On arrival, they sent a message to Clan Ranald that, if he did not deliver John MacLeod to them, " for that he was a terror to the surrounding clans," they would take reprisals before quitting his estates. On receiving this ultimatum, Clan Ranald, somewhat faithless to the traditions of his forbears in similar circumstances, gave notice to MacLeod of Harris and his allies that he would offer no resistance to their apprehending his nephew at Nunton, if they cared to do so. Quite unaware was John MacLeod that he was being betrayed, until he was apprised by a member of Clan Ranald's household. Enraged by this treachery, he straightway went to his uncle, and asked him for the use of a sword. This he obtained, and immediately directed a violent thrust at his betrayer, who, already suspicious that his nephew had sensed the plot, stepped aside in time to save himself. " You are not worthy of my steel," said MacLeod, as he left Clan Ranald's house in disgust to give himself up to MacLeod of Harris and his followers, who in the meanwhile were close at hand. They say in the Isles that, when the Laird and his allies returned to Harris with their prisoner, they revelled for several days, celebrating their achievement. But, despite all promises made by the Laird, John MacLeod was sent captive to Dunvegan, where he lay in close confinement for a year and a day. John MacLeod and the Italian Swordsman. Yet another Berneray folk-tale concerns John MacLeod and his swordsmanship. There came to Rodil an Italian who, in travelling through Scotland, had challenged and vanc|uished her best swordsmen. In those days it was customary for such warriors to levy a cess on every laird and commoner, if the laird of their particular district were unable to bring forth a man who could stand up to him. So incensed was MacLeod of Harris at the demands made upon his people bv this Italian swordsman, that he 223
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I ItlACGReGOR
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME FOLK-TALES AND
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To THE Elusive KENNETH MACLEOD. " T
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for permission to include the chapt
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CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE V. The Glaist
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XVIII. Folk-Tales of Deeds CONTENTS
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Old Bridg
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE T
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CHAPTER I FAERIES : THEIR PROPENSIT
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FAERIES : THEIR PROPENSITIES AND AC
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FAERIES : THEIR RROPENSITIES AKD AC
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FAERIES : THEIR FkOPENSlTlES AND AC
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The Old Bridge spanning the River F
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME become sterile.
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME away the faerie
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME that when he an
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME are departing n
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Isle of Rum enshrouded in storm, as
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME evening, accomp
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Low lide and high .siinniicr at Hal
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME to examine a sn
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME in this neighbo
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME immediately alt
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME them, and luck
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME the sea, if pos
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FOLK-TALES CHAPTER IV THE BROWNIE r
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME done each year,
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME Brownie followe
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The Doiinc of Rothicniiirchi. The K
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME Little One retu
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME the history of
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME that had a Brow
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME the kitchen tab
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TT-IE PEAT-FIRE FLAME impression up
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME seen was when j
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME the Ell-maid of
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME MacQuarries of
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME every night was
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME — ; the shiel
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The Creat Moor, stretching from the
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME Club in 1884. "
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME the loaf arrive
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! the peat-fire flame The Water-hor
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME The water-horse
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Loch TiiUa and the Clachlct froiti
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME if he felt he c
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME the fold at mor
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME Loch Awe became
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME " Pity on you,
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME This, no doubt,
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CHAPTER VII THE SPIRIT-MULTITUDE is
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THE TEAT-FTRF FLAME often that he w
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THE PEAT-FTRE FLAME a signal to the
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME But she had a l
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLx\ME declare that t
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the peat-fire flame Clan MacCodrum
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME of Berneray—h
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lOGAN AND HIS HoST. ! THE PEAT-FIRE
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME now took hold o
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME as do the Blue
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME A Mermaid's Bur
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME recovered her s
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME The impression
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Isle of Bernerav aiid the Sound of
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME she confessed t
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CHAPTER IX STORM-KELPIES the Duke o
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME Similar demons
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME her doom by the
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The Oystercatcher. CHAPTER X bird l
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME his apron. Thou
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! ! ! ! ! the peat-fire flame The B
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Hiiiiiiiii Ill I II Loch Long, the
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME owner came casu
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tHE PEAT-FIRE FLAME the moment the
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME was spared. But
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME Before the MacK
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME fox at the Mull
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME To this the gre
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME charge laid aga
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THE CHAPTER XII WELL LORE. wells an
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME the natives use
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAIME woke up with s
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME of the coming o
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME that every even
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! THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME room where th
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME in northern Sky
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME removed from In
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Locli Fyiie in Winter. Among the da
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME now lies buried
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME According- to t
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME men in the othe
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME death it was de
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Cave of Gold. THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME A
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME except by swimm
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME intruder of wha
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME " Among US gian
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME birlinn approac
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME Stretches of mo
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME was widespread
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME There was a feu
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME meal-girnel and
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AS CHAPTER XXII GHOST TALES AND HAU
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME Lochbuie, a gho
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME experiences to
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THE TEAT-FIRE FLAME such islanders
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME Truly, this is
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME Clan Ranald of
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME in which Highla
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— THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME traditional
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME admittance to t
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME if you insist o
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the peat-fire flame Ghost of a Span
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CHAPTER XXIII FOLK-TALES OF THE '15
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME Scotland at the
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME They were adama
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME was on their Is
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME folk-tales are
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME relieving human
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME ship could stan
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME had flayed the
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THE PEAT-FIRE FLAME better conditio
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GLOSSARY HAVER: to talk at random,
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Blood Stones, 89, 121 Blue Men of t
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General Assembly of the Church of S
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Lochiel, Sir Ewen Cameron of, 235,
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