She
took wonder, and she stopped striking the tether-peg. A woman put
out her head and all above her middle, and she said, 'What business
hast thou to be troubling this tulman [mound] in which I make my
dwelling?' 'I am taking care of this couple of calves, and I am but
weak. Where shall I go with them?' 'Thou shalt go with them to that
breast down yonder. Thou wilt see a tuft of grass. If thy couple of
calves eat that tuft of grass, thou wilt not be a day without a
milk cow as long as thou art alive, because thou hast taken my
counsel.'
"As she said, she never was without a milk cow after that, and she
was alive fourscore and fifteen years after the night that was
there."
[Illustration: PLATE VII.
GROUND PLAN OF _BOTHAN GEARRAIDH NA H'AIRDE MOIRE_, UIG LEWIS, HEBRIDES.
_a. Dwelling apartments._
_b. Fosgarlan or Porch._
_c. Cuiltean or Milk cupboards._
_d. Stonebench or Bedplace._
_AB. Line of Section._
_CD. View as represented as restored._]
[Illustration: PLATE VIII.
SECTION AND ELEVATION OF _BOTHAN GEARRAIDH NA H'AIRDE MOIRE_, UIG,
LEWIS, HEBRIDES, AND VIEW OF SAME IF RESTORED.
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