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The Story of the Magic Bonnet
Angus MacLellan

Angus MacLellan from South Uist tells the story of how a fisherman from Kintail (Cinn t-Sàile in Gaelic) escapes from the gallows with the help of some magic and thoughts of home.

The story was recorded in 1959 by the School of Scottish Studies. You can listen to the original tape on the online archive resource Tobar an Dualchais: Track ID 43969