Er y Vullagh Vane
Cheet hug Glion Meay voish Keeill Pherick, ta'n ard raad chyndaa dy-ughtee
gys y laue yesh, as ta beeal y bayr dys Glion Rushen ry-akin jeeragh
kiongoyrt rooin. Agh ayns shoh ta ry-akin, er y laue hoshtal beeal bayr
elley, eddyr yn shap as thie elley faggys da'n chenn chaardee-Ghaaue
nish doont rish bleeantyn, ga dy vel fer jeh ny gaaueyn s'jerree foast
baghey cha nee foddey ersooyl.
Va'n bayr shoh enmyssit “Bayr Mullagh
Vane”, kyndagh rish ny claghyn baney ta ry-gheddyn er y thalloo ard ny sodjey
heese, faggys da'n Eairy. Va ymmodee claghyn lheid as ad shoh
skeaylt harrish jiass ny h-ellan foddey er-dy-henney liorish awinyn
roie voish Slieau Clogh, erskyn Forsdal. (Cha row mish rieau shickyr
mychione yn enmyn shoh; Nee “Mullagh” ny “Mollagh” yn 'ockle kiart? Ta
J. J. Kneen ayns “Enmyn-buill Vannin” gra dy nee “Mollagh” eh, agh
cha s'ayms. Aghterbee, er son y skeeal shoh, s'cummey eh).
Mysh meeiley
erskyn Glion Meay ta'n bayr cheet dy ve rea, as ayns shoh ta'n bayr voish
Keeill Pherick liorish Creggan ny Mraane as y Bayr Dowin cheet stiagh
ayn. Shiartanse dy stundayrtyn elley ta ry-akin er y laue hoshtal bayr
elley ta roie shaghey “Boayl Nowell” as har lhergagh Slieau Whallian
gys Ballaneas, as ta Bayr Mullagh Vane hene dy ghoaill shin shaghey
Arrasey, sheese yn Ughtagh Crosh dys Bayr Arran as Barrule jiass; cronk
va enmyssit liorish ny Loghlinee “Wardfell”, ta mee er chlashtyn.
Myr shen, ta kiare raaidyn ayns shoh, as ayns ny shenn laghyn va lheid ny
buill shen dy-mennick ayns drogh ghoo fud sleih ny cheerey. As shen myr
va'n ynnyd shoh. D'insh my naunt dou (va e h-ayr troggit 'syn ard shen,
ec Eairy Pherick) dy row dunver oanluckit ec ny kiare raaidyn (ta carn
beg foast ry-akin ayns shen), as shimmey skeeal quaagh va goll fud y sleih
mychione y voayl shoh; agh d'ob ee insh dou ny skeealyn v'ee er chlashtyn
jeh ny reddyn quaagh as erskyn-dooghys va taaghey eh. Dooyrt ish nagh row
ny skeealyn shoh firrinagh; cha nee agh ommidjys almoragh, as lhisagh ad
ooilley ve jarroodit.
Agh un skeeal ren ee g'insh dou. Fastyr dy row
va ben cheet dy-valley er Bayr Mullagh Vane, as inneen veg maree. Myr
v'ad cheet faggys da ny kiare raaidyn, dy-doaltattym ren yn inneen veg
ee-hene y yingey stiagh chionn noi yn ven, gra, “Naunt Voirrey, ta mee
lane agglit as feayr as ooilley er-creau!” “Cre'n fa? Cre t'ayn?”
Chelleeragh hilg y ven farbyl e cooat harrish kione yn inneen veg, as
dooyrt ee r'ee, sansheraght, “Tannee faggys dooys nish, y villish veen! As
cre-erbee chluinys oo, ny jean oo jeeaghyn er-gooyl! Ny jean oo jeeaghyn
er-gooyl er chor erbee, as bee oo sauchey! Ta shin bunnys ec y thie!”
Rosh ad thie dy-sauchey gyn boirey erbee elley. Cha ren yn inneen rieau yn
'astyr shen y yarrood; agh cha row veg rieau er ny insh jee cre v'er jeet
orroo, ny cre'n torch dy chretoor v'er chur wheesh dy aggle urree.