Comments on: A Herd-boy’s Piece http://www.ceuig.com/archives/1126 Fresh notes and old stories from Uig Historical Society, Isle of Lewis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: thecroft http://www.ceuig.com/archives/1126#comment-808 thecroft Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:09:30 +0000 http://www.ceuig.com/?p=1126#comment-808 Can't confirm it was an Uig practice but there's mention of it by Sandwick's Kenneth MacDonald in his book Peat Fire Memories (Tuckwell Press). He refers to the Bonnach Oraidh made with eggs and given as a reward to the first boy to report a newborn lamb or calf Can’t confirm it was an Uig practice but there’s mention of it by Sandwick’s Kenneth MacDonald in his book Peat Fire Memories (Tuckwell Press).

He refers to the Bonnach Oraidh made with eggs and given as a reward to the first boy to report a newborn lamb or calf

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