’S do Ghruagach Eilein nan eun,
’S ann a rug mi féin mo chlann.”
[58] The trews went into the shoe, close-fitted to the legs, and was fastened with a buckle at the waist.
“Triuthas air Gunna
’S Gunna ris a bhuachailleachd,
’S na na mheal Gunna ’n triuthar
Ma ni e tuille cuallaich.”
[60] Such was the terror inspired a few years ago by a report that the Water-horse of Loch Meudaidh had made its re-appearance that the natives would not take home peats that they had cut at the end of the loch by boat (the only way open to them), and the fuel was allowed to go waste.
[61] A Water-horse was killed in Skye, where the stream from Eisgeadal falls into Loch Fada, at the foot of Storr, by sticking a knife into it. It had previously killed a man.