[Solar-parla] nd so silence all the grumbling

[Tonks Wilund]

 maith thu, 'S ma shearmonaicheas tu fein do 'n sgireachd
Gheibh thu 'n
stipean 's bean-an-tighe. Ge proiseil sibh le 'r n-or, 's le 'r

ni, Le 'r
moran stipein, 's le 'r cuid mhnathaibh, 'S fearr leam Floiri agam
fhein
Na ge do chit 'iad leis an amhainn, Dheanainn an cordadh cho simplidh
'S i dhol cinnteach feadh nan tighean, Cia mar tha i coltach ribh-se?
'S gur h-e 'n righ tha dol g' a faighinn. The Mashie, a tributary of
the Spey, in the parish of Laggan, runs close by Strathmashie house. It
is a small river, but in harvest time, when in flood, it causes
considerable damage. The poet takes occasion to censure the Mashie on
this account;
but he has his pleasant associations

in connection with the charming banks of this mountain

stream, as expressed in the following stanzas:-- MATHAISITH CENSURED.
Mhathaisith fhrogach
dhubh, Fhrogach dhubh, fhrogach dhubh, Mhathaisith fhrogach
dhubh, 'S mor rinn thu chall domh. Rinn thu m' eorna a mhilleadh,

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