Kite.

“Send him out here then.”

The wrestling then began, and the one who proved victor became “Desert Glede” for the next encounter, until the whole were run over.

The words were sometimes used in the following form:—

Righ.—“Dida-a-didacha-dìsa, a Chromain Fhàsaich, co as dràsda a choisich thu?”

Croman.—“Feuch ’bheil gìomanach donn agad a chumas rium.”

Righg.—“Tha agamsa gìomanach donn a chumas riut ’s a dheanadh loth pheallagach dhiot aig dorus an tighe, etc.”


King.—“Deeda-a-deedacha-deesa, Desert Glede, whence have you walked from now?”

Kite.—“Try whether you have a brown-haired youth to match me.”