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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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It
was
after
this
that
the
bocan
began
to
trouble
him;
and
although
Donald
never
revealed
to
any
man
the
secret
of
who
the
bocan
was
(if
indeed
he
knew
it
himself),
yet
there
were
some
who
professed
to
know
that
it
was
a
"gillie"
of
Donald's
who
was
killed
at
Culloden.
Their
reason
for
believing
this
was
that
on
one
occasion
the
man
in
question
had
given
away
more
to
a
poor
neighbour
than
Donald
was
pleased
to
spare.
Donald
found
fault
with
him,
and
in
the
quarrel
that
followed
the
man
said,
"I
will
be
avenged
for
this,
alive
or
dead".
It
was
on
the
hill
that
Donald
first
met
with
the
bocan,
but
he
soon
came
to
closer
quarters,
and
haunted
the
house
in
a
most
annoying
fashion.
He
injured
the
members
of
the
household,
and
destroyed
all
the
food,
being
especially
given
to
dirtying
the
butter
(a
thing
quite
superfluous,
according
to
Captain
Burt's
description
of
Highland
butter).
On
one
occasion
a
certain
Ronald
of
Aberardair
was
a
guest
in
Donald's
house,
and
Donald's
wife
said,
"Though
I
put
butter
on
the
table
for
you
tonight,
it
will
just
be
dirtied".
"I
will
go
with
you
to
the
butter-keg,"
said
Ronald,
"with
my
dirk
in
my
hand,
and
hold
my
bonnet
over
the
keg,
and
he
will
not
dirty
it
this
night."
So
the
two
went
together
to
fetch
the
butter,
but
it
was
dirtied
just
as
usual.
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