[39] Chì-sa, mhic, chì-sa, mhic, chì-sa sid ’s fuaigheam so an dràsda.
[40] Gairdean fada riabhach ’s e gun fheòil gun bhiadh, a thàillear.
[41] Spòg mhòr liath gun fhuil, gun fheòil, gun fhéithean, ’s i gun bhiadh, a tháillear.
[42] Spòg mhòr liath, ’s i gun bhiadh, a thàillear.
[43] In connection perhaps with this is the saying, “Ask everything of a Cameron, but ask no butter from a Cameron” (Iarr gach ni air Camsrhron ach, ach na iarr ìm air Camsrhronach). The clan are also called “The soft Camerons of the butter” (Camsrhronaich bhog an ime).
[44] This is the origin, at least an illustration, of the saying, “Take a wife from hell, and she will take you to her own house” (Thoir bean a ifrinn, ’s bheir i gu tigh fhein thu).
[45] It was in the house of this man, tradition says, that Allan Breac, the true murderer of Colin Campbell of Glenure, when making his escape, stayed the night after the murder. James Stewart of Ardsheal was hung in chains for the murder in 1752.
[46] The excessive use of wine by the West Highland chiefs is borne witness to by the distich:
“Neil, son of Rory, fast travelling,
Who gave wine to his horses,