{"id":6207,"date":"2023-06-03T14:55:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T14:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/staging\/?p=6207"},"modified":"2023-06-03T15:04:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T15:04:03","slug":"a-look-back-on-cuidinish-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/staging\/gd\/a-look-back-on-cuidinish-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00f9il air Ais air Cuidhtinis (p\u00e0irt 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size eplus-wrapper\"><strong>le Niall MacCumhais (Niall \u2018ain Shaighdeir), Horgabost<\/strong><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">Solas Taigh Chaluim Sheumais<\/h3><p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Bha taigh Chaluim Sheumais fada bhon rathad mh\u00f2r ann an Cnoc \u00c8isgean, agus aig an \u00e0m a bha sinn a\u2019 faicinn an t-solais ann, cha robh ann ach ceum s\u00ecos tron bhaile. \u2018S ann an 1939 a chaidh an rathad s\u00ecos ann. Bha mise ag obair air rathad Chaluim Sheumais, sixpence halfpenny an hour. \u2018S ann uair \u2018sa cheala-deug a bha thu gha fhaighinn agus bha e coimhead uamhasach m\u00f2r!<\/p><p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Bha thu a\u2019 f\u00e0gail Fhle\u00f2ideabhaigh as do dh\u00e8idh agus bha thu a\u2019 tighinn a Chuidhtinis, a-null an rathad m\u00f2r. Bha thu bristeadh aig ceann an rathaid, far a bheil an rathad a\u2019 dol a Chuidhtinis an-diugh, agus bha thu gabhail s\u00ecos romhad agus bha fearann Chaluim Sheumais a\u2019 t\u00f2iseachadh ann a shin. Bha c\u00f2rr agus ceithir fichead acair fhearainn aige, ach \u2018s e monadh eagalach a bh\u2019 ann. \u2018N uair sin bha thu a\u2019 dol s\u00ecos agus a\u2019 bristeadh gu do l\u00e0imh che\u00e0rr agus bha an taigh aig Calum ann a shin. Bha mhuir fodhad, \u00e0ite br\u00e8agha as t-samhradh \u2013 bha \u2018m Minch ann a shin. Gheibheadh tu sealladh math air an taigh aige \u00e0s M\u00e0nais, bhon a\u2019 Ch\u00e0rnan Mh\u00f2r. Bhithinn-sa a\u2019 dol a-null an sin anns a\u2019 gheamhradh air baidhsagail.<\/p><p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Bha mi ann an oidhche-sa co-dhi\u00f9, agus bha mi coimhead an t-solais bho mullach a\u2019 Ch\u00e0rnain, mar a tha thu bristeadh chun a\u2019 Mhansa sh\u00ecos, Mansa Eaglais na h-Alba, agus stad sinn ann a shin agus bha am balach aig Calum Sheumais, Seumas, ri mo thaobh. Mhothaich sinn dhan t-solas. Cha tuirt duine guth chionn am balach a bhith ann. Bha solas ann a shiud agus cha robh ann an uair sin ach rud beag soilleir \u2018s chanadh tu gu robh duine a\u2019 dol a-null \u2018s a-nall seachad air an t-solas. Bha e mar gum biodh teine agad a-muigh air an oidhche agus a\u2019 ghaoth a\u2019 tighinn thuige agus e lasadh suas an uair sin. Uaireannan chitheadh tu e falbh s\u00ecos chun a\u2019 chladaich. Bha e dol s\u00ecos a bheul a\u2019 chladaich. Bha e \u2018n uair sin a\u2019 d\u00e8anamh solas m\u00f2r agus chitheadh tu na creagan anns a\u2019 chladach agus a h-uile c\u00e0il. Thigeadh e nuas air ais agus bha e dol chun an aon \u00e0ite a-rithist, gu bonn na h-uinneige far an robh iad a\u2019 fuireach.<\/p><p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Bha feadhainn eile gha fhaicinn a\u2019 tighinn a-mach chun an rathaid \u00e0ird. Chunnaic mi aon oidhch\u2019 e agus e tighinn a-mach, agus thuirt mi, \u201cBidh e air an rathad mh\u00f2r nuair a th\u00e8id mi seachad\u201d \u2013 ach cha robh c\u00e0il ann. Bha e mar sin airson bliadhnaichean ach bh\u00e0saich iad agus chan fhacar riamh tuilleadh e. Bha feadhainn ag r\u00e0dh nach fhac\u2019 an teaghlach fh\u00e8in riamh e, ach cha robh rian aig a\u2019 bhalach an oidhch\u2019 ud gun fhaicinn agus e c\u00f2mhla riumsa agus e ri mo thaobh. Cha bu toigh leam faighneachd dha an robh e faicinn c\u00e0il. Bhiodh Calum fh\u00e8in ag r\u00e0dh, \u201cAm faca sibh an solas agamsa?\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>with Neil MacCuish, Horgabost The Light at Calum MacLeod\u2019s House Calum MacLeod\u2019s house was far from the main road at Cnoc Esgan, and, the time we were seeing the light there, there was just a track down through the village. It was in 1939 that they got the footpath through. 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