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Transcription
I brought my dead being to
land on my ledge and
tell him we'd talk
with me tomorrow.
A has been telling me
a lot of stories today, one
while in the woman tale
during all the details:
the girl marrying a dog
and giving birth to white-men,
"look-it-see", and
call man, call dog. It
happened on a small island
near Kangard Loch and
there the girl and dog are
buried. The dog was tied
with such a tow-nails that-
before being released by the
girl, who went to land in
a barge, he weighted a real
ship with stones, tied it to
his body, thus weighting
him down so that the tip
of his nose only showed
above water as he swam
to the island.
"The earth is flat according
to our old people, and circular
in shape, a long time ago.