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Chuir finn, 'ga coitnhdeachd, ceud each 



As fearr ris n' deachadh frian. 



Is ceud marcach air a muin, 



Le 'n earradh froil o 'n laifte grian. 



Nuair theirrin 'n fin air 'ntfraid, 



Sa dfhag i no deigh na heich. 



Thug i ceum 'n fin no 'n coir. 



Is da ubhall oir air a laimh dheis, 



Coinnlairean air ghuoilneabh a guin, 



Is dealbh a chruinn o chill no 'm port. 



Erragon. " Gu de do nuaidheachd o phobull Fhinn, 



" Innis duin a chiagh no n cleuchd." 



CioDH. " Mu roinn do bhean ort beirt chlith, 



" S gu d' immir i n' gniomh gu cear, 



" Cairdeas is commun ri Fionn, 



" Is gu 'n faighe tu mi na geall. 



" Gheibheadh tu fud is ceud each 



" As fearr ris 'n deachidh frian ; 



" Is ceud marcach air a muin 



" Le 'n earradh froil o 'n laifte grian. 



" Gheibheadh tu fud is ceud crios, 



" Cha theid llios mu 'n 'd theid eug ; 



" Chaifge iad leotrom is fgios, 



" Deud riobhach no 'm bufchala bean. 



■> Mr. Mc. Pherfon, in his note on this paflage, tells us, that fanftified girdles, 

 'till very lately, were kept in many families in the north of Scotland, which were 

 bound about women in labour, and were fu ppofed to alleviate their pains, and to 



accelerate the birth. 



(M) 



