. Popular tales of the West Highlands : orally collected . e lad went into the room, and he saw the huskthat was upon her. He caught hold of it and he putit into the hot middle of the fire. She came downand she had no tale of the cochall. She came where the lad was, and she had a nakedsword, and she said to him, Get for me my husk, or else I will take the headoff thee, against the throat. The lad took much fear, and he could not say aword to her. Thou nasty creature, said she, it is much forme that thy death should be on my hands; I dontknow what I shall do now; if I get another cochallthey wi
. Popular tales of the West Highlands : orally collected . e lad went into the room, and he saw the huskthat was upon her. He caught hold of it and he putit into the hot middle of the fire. She came downand she had no tale of the cochall. She came where the lad was, and she had a nakedsword, and she said to him, Get for me my husk, or else I will take the headoff thee, against the throat. The lad took much fear, and he could not say aword to her. Thou nasty creature, said she, it is much forme that thy death should be on my hands; I dontknow what I shall do now; if I get another cochallthey will think that I am a witch, and I had betterstay as I am. 96 WEST HIGHLxVXD TALES. AMien the king came home he saw that fine womanmthin, going about the house, and he had no know-ledge what had put her there, and the king must knowwhat sort of a woman she was. She told every herself and the kings son married, and a gi-eatwedding was made for them. I suspect this is a fragment of some much longertale. I know nothing like it in any other ;)/ Scotland, PI. Ixi THE KEG OF Hector Boyd, Barra, -who learnt it from Neill MNeill,Watersay ; and from many other old men. Neill MNeill died tenyears ago, past eighty years of age.—Castle Bay, Sept. 20, 1860. rilHE russet dog and the wild dog, the fox and the-*- wolf, were going together ; and they went roundabout the sea shore, and they found a keg of butter,and they buried it. On the morrow the fox went out, and when hereturned in he said that a man had come to ask himto a baptism. The fox went and he arrayed himselfin excellent attire, and he went away, and where THE KEG OF BUTTER. 97 should lie go but to the butter keg / and svhen hecame home the wolf asked him what name was on thechild ■; and he said that there was Foveeal {under itsmouth). On the morrow he said that a man had sent to askhim to a baptism, and he reached the keg and he tookout about haK- The wolf asked when he came homeAvhat name was on
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