麻豆约拍

Tha d脿 bhaile ann an Gallaibh air a聽bheil Baile a鈥� Chlaidh 鈥� the township聽of the cemetery. Tha Baile a鈥� Chlaidh聽faisg air D霉n Bheithe. Tha Baile a鈥櫬燙hlaidh eile eadar D霉n Bheithe agus聽Bhatan. 鈥橲 ann bhon bhaile bheag sin a聽tha an st貌iridh a鈥� tighinn an t-seachdain聽seo. Seo an st貌iridh 鈥� 鈥淏ana-bhuidseach聽Bhaile a鈥� Chlaidh鈥�.聽Bha boireannach ann uaireigin.聽鈥橲 e Am Fitheach am far-ainm a bha聽oirre. Bha droch bheachd aig daoine聽air a鈥� bhoireannach. Bha iad ag r脿dh聽gur e bana-bhuidseach a bha innte.聽Bha i a鈥� fuireach ann am bothag聽faisg air Baile a鈥� Chlaidh. Cha robh聽c霉isean a鈥� dol gu math. Cha robh聽m貌ran bainne no c脿ise aig cuid de na聽tuathanaich. Bha iad a鈥� smaoineachadh聽gur e a鈥� bhana-bhuidseach a rinn sin.聽Latha a bha seo, air Latha na聽Bealltainne, th脿inig boireannach a聽ch猫ilidh air a鈥� bhana-bhuidsich. Bha i聽ag iarraidh comhairle fhaighinn. Lorg i聽am Fitheach ri taobh allt. Bha i a鈥櫬爎脿cadh an fhe貌ir le s矛oman. Bha fraoch聽ceangailte ris an t-s矛oman. Bha am聽Fitheach ri buidseachd.聽Bha daoine a鈥� faicinn ge脿rr am聽measg a鈥� chruidh. Cha b鈥� urrainn do聽choin a鈥� ghe脿rr a ghlacadh. Chuir fear聽ribe s矛os. Chleachd e cnagan de聽dh鈥檉hiodh caorainn. Bidh fios agaibh聽gu bheil a鈥� chraobh-chaorainn ag obair聽an aghaidh buidseachd.聽Bha ge脿rr air a glacadh anns an聽ribe. Nuair a r脿inig an duine i, ge-t脿,聽cha robh ge脿rr ann. Bha boireannach聽ann. Am Fitheach. Bhon latha sin a-mach,聽bha droch fhortan aig an duine.聽Chaidh a bh脿thadh ann an Uisge聽The貌rsa.聽Tha cr矛och ne貌nach air an聽st貌iridh. Bha d脿 thursa mh貌r ann.聽Chaidh am Fitheach don chiad tursa.聽Ruith i timcheall air seachd uairean聽deiseil. An uair sin ruith i timcheall air聽seachd uairean tuathail.聽D脿 latha 脿s d猫idh sin, bha i a鈥櫬燾oiseachd don cheann a deas. Stad i air聽脿irde. Agus 鈥檚 e an t-ainm air an 脿irde聽Creag an Fhithich. An uair sin, lean i聽oirre. Chaidh i a-mach 脿 Gallaibh agus聽chan eil fhios d猫 thachair dhi.

There are two villages in Caithness聽called Ballachly 鈥� the township of聽the cemetery. There is a Ballachly聽near Dunbeath. There is another聽Ballachly between Dunbeath and聽Watten. It鈥檚 from that wee settlement聽that the story comes this week. Here聽is the story 鈥� 鈥淭he Witch of聽Ballachly鈥�.聽There was once a woman. Her聽nickname was The Raven. The聽people had a bad opinion of the聽woman. They said she was a witch.聽She lived in a wee bothy near聽Ballachly. Things weren鈥檛 going too聽well. Some of the farmers did not聽have much milk or cheese. They聽were thinking that the witch was聽responsible.聽One day, on the day of Beltane,聽a woman came to visit the witch. She聽was wanting to get advice. She聽found The Raven beside a burn. She聽was raking the grass with a heather聽rope. There was heather tied to the聽rope. The Raven was involved in聽witchcraft.聽People were seeing a hare聽amongst the cattle. Dogs couldn鈥檛聽catch the hare. A man set a snare.聽He used a peg of rowan wood.聽You鈥檒l know that the rowan tree聽works against witchcraft.聽A hare was caught in the snare.聽But when the man reached it, there聽was not a hare there. There was a聽woman. From that day onwards, the聽man had bad luck. He was drowned聽in the Thurso River.聽The story has a strange ending.聽There were two large standing聽stones. The Raven went to the first聽stone. She ran around it seven times聽sunwise. Then she ran around it聽seven times anti-sunwise.聽Two days after that, she was聽walking south. She stopped at a high聽point. And the high point is called聽Rock of the Raven. Then she continued.聽She left Caithness and nobody聽knows what happened to her.