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Bùrn is Mòine ´s Coirc	Water and Peats and Oats
"Bùrn is mòine 's coirc" - facal am beui strainnseir ann an dùmhiachd a' bhaile, ann am baile nan strainnsear. Boile! An cridhe gòrach a' falpanaich mu na seann stallachan ud mar nach robh slighe-cuain ann ach ì. An cridhe ri bacan, car mu char aig an fheist 's i fas goirid 's an inntinn saor. Is daor a cheannaich mi a saorsa. Ruaraidh MacThòmas	"Water and peats and oats" - a word in a stranger's mouth in the throng of the town, in the town of the strangers. Madness. The foolish heart lapping along these ancient rocks as though there were no sea-journey in the world but that one. The heart tied to a tethering-post, round upon round of the rope till it grows short and the mind free. I bought its freedom dearly. Derick Thomson

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