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Beinn na Fadhla

Tobar an Dèididh NF 873765

Tha an tobar seo faisg air Teampall Chaluim Chille. Tha càrn chlach ri a taobh agus bhiodhte afàgail clach air achàrn le gach neach a dheigheadh thuice, leis an dèideadh.


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An Gamhnach


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An Gamhnach NF 826529

Tha i seo a-muigh ris an rathad, an ear-dheas air Ruaidheabhal, mu choinneimh Loch Hearamail. Bhiodh daoine adol thuices ag òl aiste airson an slàinte; bhiodh iad atoirt geug fhraoich leothas ga fàgail aig an tobair, mar thabhartas.Tha lus nam ban sìth afàs mun cuairt.

Sgrìobh Swire (1966): “But after his many days at sea (St Torranan) was very thirsty: finding no fresh water, he prayed to God for a spring and one at once broke out of the hillside where he stood.Torranan blessed it and when he had drunk hisseven satisfactionsof its sweet water he gave it thanks and called the springGamhnach’ ,Farrow Cow, and prayed that it might never dry up. Later, it became a place of pilgrimage and every pilgrim, having drunk, placed achoice green leafin it as thanks to the cow. ”(107).

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