John Shaw has been documenting Cape Breton's Gaelic traditions since the 1960s. In The Blue Mountains and Other Gaelic Stories from Cape Breton he presents thirty tales recorded between 1964 and 1989. The collection includes popular tales such as The Dragon Slayer, hero-tales of Fionn Mac Cumhail and his warrior band, accounts of the famed carpenter Boban Saor, stories of robbers and thieves, comic tall tales, historical legends, and accounts of clan traditions brought over from the western Highlands.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-216)
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 398.2089/916307169
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-ns
- ISBN
- 9780773560338
- LCCN
- GR113.N8
- LCCN Item number
- B58 2007eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxi, 216 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00221953 (OCoLC)646788227 (CaOOCEL)424799
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Beanntaichean gorma agus sgeulachdan eile à Ceap Breatainn
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgments 10
- Introduction 12
- PART ONE. INTERNATIONAL TALES 24
- 1 Mac an Iasgair Mhóir 25
- The Big Fisherman’s Son 26
- 2 Am Fear a Fhuair Paidhir Bhròg an Asgaidh 53
- The Man Who Got a Pair of Shoes for Free 54
- 3 Na Beanntaichean Gorma 55
- The Blue Mountains 56
- 4 Sgeulachd nan Gillean Glasa 81
- The Grey Lads 82
- 5 Am Fear a Chuir am Bàs ’sa Phoca 91
- The Man Who Trapped Death in a Sack 92
- 6 Iain Òg Mac na Banndraich 97
- Young Ian the Widow’s Son 98
- PART TWO. STORIES ABOUT ROBBERS AND THIEVES 108
- 7 Conall Ruadh nan Car 109
- Red Conall of the Tricks 110
- 8 Sgeulachd a’Chòcaire Ruaidh 123
- The Red Cook 124
- 9 Meàirleach Dugh a’Ghlinne 139
- The Black Thief of the Glen 140
- 10 An Dithist Ghadaiche Ainmeil 141
- The Two Famous Thieves 142
- PART THREE: TALL TALES 144
- 11 Mar a Chaidh Aonghus Bàn a Shealgaireachd 145
- Angus Bàn Goes Hunting 146
- 12 An Sagart Bàn ’s an Sgadan 149
- The White Priest and the Herring 150
- 13 An Cù Glic 151
- The Wise Dog 152
- 14 Am Fear a Chaidh an Ceann a Ghearradh Dheth 153
- The Decapitated Man 154
- 15 An t-Ugh Mór 157
- The Big Egg 158
- 16 Pìos dhen Adhar 159
- A Piece of the Sky 160
- 17 An t-Uircean Bàithte 163
- The Drowned Piglet 164
- PART FOUR. TALES OF THE FIANN 166
- 18 Oisein an Déidh na Féinneadh 167
- Oisein, the Last of the Fiann 168
- 19 Fionn agus an Leac 173
- Fionn and the Lintel-Stone 174
- PART FIVE. HISTORICAL LEGENDS AND CLAN TRADITIONS 178
- 20 Raghnall mac Ailein Òig 179
- Ranald Son of Young Allan 180
- 21 Mac ’ic Ailein agus an Gearran Ruadh 185
- Clanranald and the Red Gelding 186
- PART SIX. OTHER LEGENDS 188
- 22 Riley ’s an Deamhan 189
- Riley and The Devil 190
- 23 Caiptean Dubh Bhaile Chròic 193
- The Black Captain from Baile Chròic 194
- 24 Cù Glas Mheòbail 203
- The Grey Hound of Meoble 204
- 25 Am Fear a dh’Fhalbh Oidhche na Bainnse ’s nach do Thill 205
- The Man Who Went Out on the Night of the Wedding and Never Returned 206
- 26 Am Muileann Dubh 207
- The Black Mill 208
- 27 Cnàimh a’Sileadh Faladh 211
- The Bleeding Bone 212
- 28 A’Cluich Chairtean leis an Donas 213
- The Cardplayers and the Devil 214
- PART SEVEN. TALES OF BOBAN SAOR 216
- 29 An Diachainn a Chuireadh air Boban Saor 217
- How Boban Saor Was Put to the Test 218
- 30 Boban Saor a’Tadhal air a Mhac 219
- Boban Saor Calls on his Son 220
- The Reciters 222
- Notes 230
- Select Bibliography 238
