31: Reverend Norman MacLeod (5) 31: An t-Urramach Tormod MacLeòid (5)
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An t-Urramach Tormod MacLeòid (5)
Seo stòiridh mu Thormod MacLeòid, an t-Urramach Tormod MacLeòid. Bha Tormod a’ fuireach ann am Baile Anna ann an Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn. Bha e ainmeil. Bha na daoine a’ toirt spèis dha. Bha e cumhachdach. Ach rinn e mearachd.
Bha fear a bha seo anns an sgìre sin a’ coiseachd air an rathad. Thachair e ri ceannaiche. Bha an ceannaiche a’ reic rudan. Cheannaich am fear rudan bhon cheannaiche. Ach cha robh airgead aige. Bha an t-airgead anns an taigh. Bha e ann an sporan. Agus bha an sporan ann an ciste.
Chaidh an dithis don taigh. Thug an duine an sporan a-mach. Thug e an t-airgead don cheannaiche. Chuir e an sporan air ais. Dh’fhalbh an dithis.
Às dèidh greis air an rathad, dh’fhalbh an ceannaiche. Chaidh am fear eile a dh’obair. Thill e dhachaigh feasgar. Cha robh sgeul air an sporan. Cha robh an sporan anns a’ chiste. Bha cuideigin air a ghoid.
Bha na fir a’ smaoineachadh gur e balach òg a ghoid an sporan. Bha am balach sin a’ fuireach an ath dhoras. Thuirt am balach uair is uair nach do ghoid e an sporan.
Mu dheireadh, thuirt na fir gu robh am balach a’ dol a chadal anns a’ chladh. Bha iad a’ dol ga ghlasadh anns a’ chladh airson na h-oidhche. Bha an t-eagal mòr air a’ bhalach. Agus thuirt e gun do ghoid e an sporan.
Rinn Tormod MacLeòid co-dhùnadh. ’S e co-dhùnadh cruaidh a bh’ ann. Gheàrr na daoine pàirt de chluas a’ bhalaich dheth. Rinn iad sin sa spot. Bha mòran anns a’ choimhearsnachd mì-thoilichte mu dheidhinn.
Seachdain às dèidh sin thuirt cuideigin gum fac’ e an ceannaiche air an là a chaidh an sporan a ghoid. Bha an ceannaiche a’ dol tro uinneag an taighe. Thuirt an ceannaiche gun do thill e don taigh. Thuirt e gun do ghoid esan an sporan.
Bha fear-lagha ann an Suidni deònach Tormod a thoirt gu lagh. Ach dhiùlt athair a’ bhalaich sin a dhèanamh.
Faclan is abairtean: an t-Urramach Tormod MacLeòid: Rev. Norman MacLeod; Baile Anna ann an Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn: St Ann’s on Cape Breton Island; ainmeil:famous; bha na daoine a’ toirt spèis dha: the people respected him; mearachd: mistake; thachair e ri ceannaiche: he met a pedlar; a’ reic rudan: selling things; bha an t-airgead anns an taigh: the money was in the house; bha an sporan ann an ciste: the purse was in a chest; an dithis: the two people; thug e an t-airgead don cheannaiche:he gave the money to the pedlar; às dèidh greis air an rathad: after a short while on the road; dh’fhalbh an ceannaiche:the pedlar left; thill e dhachaigh feasgar: he returned in the afternoon; cha robh sgeul air an sporan:there was no sign of the purse; bha cuideigin air a ghoid: somebody had stolen it; bha am balach a’ fuireach an ath dhoras: the boy was living next door; uair is uair: time after time; nach do ghoid e an sporan: that he didn’t steal the purse; a’ dol a chadal anns a’ chladh: going to sleep in the cemetery; glasadh: locking; bha an t-eagal mòr air a’ bhalach: the boy was very frightened; ’s e co-dhùnadh cruaidh a bh’ ann: it was a cruel decision; gheàrr na daoine pàirt de chluas a’ bhalaich dheth: the men cut off part of the boy’s ear; rinn iad sin sa spot: they did that immediately; mì-thoilichte: unhappy; thuirt cuideigin gum fac’ e an ceannaiche: somebody said he saw the pedlar; bha e a’ dol tro uinneag an taighe:he was going through the house’s window; bha fear-lagha ann an Suidni deònach Tormod a thoirt gu lagh:a lawyer in Sydney (Cape Breton) was willing to take Norman to law (ie to court); dhiùlt athair a’ bhalaich sin a dhèanamh: the boy’s father refused to do that.
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