There is an interesting legend in the castle. Framed under glass in the castle are the tattered remains of a flag that is attributed as a gift of the fairies. There are different versions of the legend, but in one legend a servant left the baby alone. When she returned, she saw the child held by a fairy singing a mysterious song. The baby was wrapped in a cloth that was a gift of this caregiver. When I get a chance, I’d like to search to see if there is a melody attributed to this song and any other verses. Parts of the legend also attribute protective powers or assistance to the Clan Macleod in times of need.
What gives, the fairy just holds the baby? No locking the baby in a tower or baking it into gingerbread, or stealing it away to the fairy dance?
ReplyDeleteKathleen MacInnes has a great version on her album "Og-mhadainn shamhraidh" ("Summer Dawn"). Lyrics in Gaelic and English are here: http://www.celticlyricscorner.net/macinneskathleen/oran.htm
ReplyDeleteIt's worth buying the whole excellent album.
This is a song on Putamaya's Children's Dreamland Lullabye album, It is really beautiful
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