[62] Corc-chluasach is also applied to calves the ears of which are in any way naturally marked, as if with a knife, slit in the points, serrated in the upper part, or with a piece out of the back.
[63] The big beast of Scanlastle in Islay was one of this kind. It devoured seven horses on its way to Loch-in-daal. A ship was lying at anchor in the loch at the time, and a line of barrels filled with deadly spikes, and with pieces of flesh laid upon them, was placed from the shore to the ship. Tempted by the flesh, the ‘loathly worm’ made its way out on the barrels and was killed by the spikes and cannon.
“Buail an t-òrd, a ghobachain,
No buailidh mi sa cheann thu.”
[65] “Is mise nach d’éirich air mo làimh dheis an duigh.”
“Meirleach salainn ’s méirleach frois,
Da mheirleach nach fhaigh fois;
Ge b’e co thig no nach d’thig a nios,