大象传媒

Tha Creag nam Ban faisg air Both聽Mhoireil. Tha sin ann an Siorrachd聽Obar Dheathain. Tha e ri taobh Uisge聽D猫. Agus tha e os cionn Caisteal Obar聽Gheallaidh, no Abergeldie Castle. Tha聽Creag nam Ban a鈥� ciallachadh the聽rocky hill of the women. Tha daoine ag聽r脿dh gun robh bana-bhuidsichean air聽an losgadh gu b脿s ann. Tha daoine聽fhathast a鈥� cuimhneachadh ainm t猫 de聽na bana-bhuidsichean 鈥� Ciotaidh聽NicFhraing.聽Bha an d脿-shealladh aig m脿thair聽Ciotaidh. Bha an d脿-shealladh aig聽Ciotaidh cuideachd. Fhuair i obair anns聽a鈥� chaisteal. Bha i ag obair don bhean-uasal.聽Bha an t-uachdaran 鈥� an duine聽aig a鈥� bhean-uasal 鈥� air falbh thall聽thairis.聽Latha a bha seo, thuirt a鈥� bhean-uasal聽ri Ciotaidh, 鈥淭ha mi a鈥� cluinntinn聽gu bheil an d脿-shealladh agad. Innis聽dhomh d猫 tha an duine agam a鈥櫬燿猫anamh.鈥澛燜huair Ciotaidh mias de聽dh鈥檜isge. Choimhead i anns an uisge.聽Chunnaic i an t-uachdaran a鈥� s霉gradh聽ri boireannaich eile thall thairis.聽Dh鈥檌nnis i sin don bhean-uasal.聽Bha a鈥� bhean-uasal feargach.聽Dh鈥檌arr i air Ciotaidh stoirm mh貌r a聽th貌iseachadh aig muir 鈥� far an robh an聽duine aice a鈥� tilleadh air b貌rd long.聽Ach cha robh cumhachdan mar sin aig聽Ciotaidh. Bha d矛reach an d脿-shealladh聽aice.聽Ach, mar a thachair e, dh鈥櫭╥rich聽stoirm le tuiteamas. Bha long an聽uachdarain aig muir. Chaidh an long聽fodha. Bha an t-uachdaran air a聽bh脿thadh.聽Nuair a chuala a鈥� bhean-uasal聽an naidheachd, cha robh i toilichte.聽Bha i feargach. Thuirt i gur e bana-bhuidseach聽a bha ann an Ciotaidh.聽Thuirt i gun do mharbh Ciotaidh an聽duine aice. Bha Ciotaidh air a losgadh聽gu b脿s air Creag nam Ban.聽Chan eil Creag nam Ban聽uabhasach 脿rd. Tha i d矛reach beagan is聽c貌ig ceud meatair. Ach a鈥� ghaoth a聽sh猫ideas air a mullach, tha i garbh is聽l脿idir 鈥� agus fuaimneach. Tha cuid ag聽r脿dh nach e a鈥� ghaoth a thathar a鈥櫬燾luinntinn, ge-t脿. Tha iad ag r脿dh gur e聽sin an sgreuchail aig Ciotaidh NicFhraing. Tha an taibhs aice fhathast a鈥櫬爁uireach air mullach Creag nam Ban.

Creag nam Ban is near Balmoral.聽That鈥檚 in Aberdeenshire. It鈥檚聽beside the River Dee. And it鈥檚聽above Abergeldie Castle. Creag聽nam Ban means 鈥渢he rocky hill of聽the women鈥�. People say that聽witches were burned to death聽there. People still remember the聽name of one of the witches 鈥� Kitty聽Rankine.聽Kitty鈥檚 mother had the聽second-sight. Kitty also had the聽second-sight. She got work in the聽castle. She was working for the聽lady [of the house]. The laird 鈥� the聽lady鈥檚 husband 鈥� was away聽overseas.聽One day the lady said to聽Kitty, 鈥淚 hear that you have the聽second-sight. Tell me what my聽husband is doing.鈥澛燢itty got a basin of water.聽She looked in the water. She saw聽the laird sporting with other women聽overseas. She told the lady that.聽The lady was angry. She聽asked Kitty to raise a big storm at聽sea 鈥� where her husband was聽returning on board a ship. But聽Kitty didn鈥檛 have powers like that.聽She only had the second-sight.聽But, as it happened, a storm聽arose by chance. The laird鈥檚 ship聽was at sea. The ship sank. The聽laird was drowned.聽When the lady heard the news聽she was not pleased. She was聽angry. She said that Kitty was a聽witch. She said that Kitty killed her聽husband. Kitty was burned to聽death on Creag nam Ban.聽Creag nam Ban is not聽particularly high. It鈥檚 just a little聽over five hundred metres. But the聽wind that blows at her summit, it鈥檚聽rough and strong 鈥� and noisy.聽Some people say that it鈥檚 not the聽wind that is heard, however. They聽said that is Kitty Rankine鈥檚聽screaming. Her ghost still lives at聽the summit of Creag nam Ban.