The Scottish Celtic review

;Miann a' Bhaird Aosda. 141sive smell, mharhhadh e na Samhanaich, it would kill the giantswho dwell in caves by the sea. Satnh is a strong oppressivesmell, and in the Western islands Savih a' chimin t-shiar, thestrong smell of the western sea, is a common expression.It is an addition to the talc that the one who imposed upon theSon of the King of Ireland the task of finding out how the greatTuarisgeul was put to death, and over whose place of decay anddisappearance the King's son—by his wife's instructions—recounted,after his long search, the manner of the Giant's death,was himself a sou of the Great Tuairisgeul, and that as the storywas being told he graduall3'^ rose out of the ground. Also, by thewife's instructions, his head was cut off before he got entirelyclear of the ground, for then no one could withstand the youngGiant's prowess.—J. G. C]MIANN A'BHAIRD AOSDA.(the aged bard's wish.)[Transcribed from Gillies' Collection of Gaelic Poetry, published at Perthin 1786, and compared with the version contained in E. M'Donald's Collection,published at Edinburgh in 1776.]1 cairibh mi ri taobh nan allt,A shiiibhlas mall le ceumaibh ciuin ;Fo sgail' a' bharraich leag mo cheann,'S bi thus', a Ghrian, ro-chairdeil rium !Gu socair sin 'san fheur mo thaobh,Air bruaich nan dithean 's nan gaoth tlathMo chos 'ga sllobadh 'sa' bhraon mhaotb,'S e lubadh thairis caoin tre'n bhlar.Biodh sobhrach bhan a's aillidh snuadhMu'n cuairt do m' thulaich 's uain' fo dhruchd,'S an neoinean beag, 's mo lamh fo chluain,'S an ealbhuidh ri mo chluais gu cubhr'.Mu'n cuairt do bhruachaibh ard' mo ghhnn,Biodh liibadh gheug is orra blath;'S clann blieag nam preas a' tabhairt seinnAir chreagaibh aosd', le h-orain ghraidh.