. The land of the hills and the glens; wild life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides . lis A TIREE WOMAN SPINNING. The Land of Tiree seeing that his own wife was of the party, and thereforea witch, and knowing that they were in the spell of theevil one, wished them Godspeed on their journey. Instantlythe egg-shells were sunk and the mans witch wife drowned. Fairies were not so long ago held to have their dwell-ings beneath the grassy slopes of Ceann a Bharra. Thesesilent people were said to come always from the west,for they could pass with equal ease over the ocean as onthe land. When tr
. The land of the hills and the glens; wild life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides . lis A TIREE WOMAN SPINNING. The Land of Tiree seeing that his own wife was of the party, and thereforea witch, and knowing that they were in the spell of theevil one, wished them Godspeed on their journey. Instantlythe egg-shells were sunk and the mans witch wife drowned. Fairies were not so long ago held to have their dwell-ings beneath the grassy slopes of Ceann a Bharra. Thesesilent people were said to come always from the west,for they could pass with equal ease over the ocean as onthe land. When travelling they moved in little eddies ofwind. When wind and rain came from opposite directions—that is on a sudden change of wind after a shower—itwas possible to bring down the fairies in a body by throwinga piece of horse-dung against the breeze. It is, perhaps, on a clear day of sunshine early in Maythat Ceann a Bharra is at its best. By now the grass isspringing up fresh and green, and wild hyacinths aretingeing the southern slopes of the hill with blue, whilemany primroses blossom i
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