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        "rendered": "<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">Buill-chluiche m&#8217;\u00f2ige \/ Toys of my childhood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><em>Leis an t-Ollamh D\u00f2mhnall E Meek<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-ti-fg-alt-background-color has-background eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">This story was commissioned as part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/en\/gaelic-development\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Gaelic Development<\/a> work. Hopefully, you will enjoy it and find it useful for learning &#8211; both about language and about toys!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube eplus-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Am Bodachan S\u00e0bhaidh\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pDRD0bB0ilk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Am Bodachan-s\u00e0bhaidh<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group eplus-wrapper is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized eplus-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20241119_1010092-1024x589.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13618\" style=\"width:661px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20241119_1010092-1024x589.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20241119_1010092-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20241119_1010092-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20241119_1010092-1536x883.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20241119_1010092-2048x1178.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20241119_1010092-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20241119_1010092-50x29.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20241119_1010092-1600x920.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Nuair a bha mi nam bhalach anns a&#8217; Chaolas, bhithinn tric a&#8217; dol air ch\u00e8ilidh air &nbsp;Calum a&#8217; Ghobhainn (Calum D\u00f2mhnallach), a bha a&#8217; fuireach ann an ceann a tuath a&#8217; bhaile.&nbsp; \u2019S e f\u00ecor dheagh sgeulaiche a bha ann an Calum, agus bha e e\u00f2lach air eachdraidh a&#8217; Chaolais agus Sruth Ghunna.&nbsp; Dh&#8217;ionnsaich mi m\u00f2ran bhuaithe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\u2019S e gobhainn agus iasgair a bha ann an Calum, agus bha deagh l\u00e0mh aige airson obair fhiodha cuideachd.&nbsp; Bhiodh e a&#8217; d\u00e8anamh rudan beaga annasach a bhiodh a&#8217; glacadh m&#8217; aire nuair a bhithinn c\u00f2mhla ris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">B&#8217; e aon dhiubh sin am bodachan-s\u00e0bhaidh. \u2019S e cnap bunt\u00e0ta a bha anns a&#8217; bhodachan, agus bhiodh p\u00ecos fada fiodha a&#8217; tighinn a-mach \u00e0s a chorp.&nbsp; Bha eagan no fiaclan anns an fhiodh, coltach ri s\u00e0bh.&nbsp; Bhiodh am bodachan-s\u00e0bhaidh na shuidhe air l\u00f9dagan geur aig ceann sgeilpe, an leithid de dh\u00f2igh \u2019s gun robh an aon chudtrom air gach taobh den l\u00f9dagan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Bheireadh Calum buille da chorraig don bhodachan-s\u00e0bhaidh, \u2019s bhiodh e a&#8217; dol s\u00ecos is suas, suas is s\u00ecos fad an fheasgair!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">The little old saw-man<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">When I was a boy in Caolas, I would often visit Calum of the Smith&#8217;s family (Calum MacDonald), who lived in the north part of the township.&nbsp; Calum was a very fine storyteller, and he knew the history of the township and the Sound of Gunna.&nbsp; I learned a lot from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Calum was a smith and a fisherman, and he had a good hand for woodwork too.&nbsp; He used to make unusual little items which caught my attention when I was with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">One of these was \u2018the little old saw-man&#8217;. &nbsp;The \u2018little old saw-man&#8217; was a potato, with a long piece of wood protruding from his body.&nbsp; Notches or teeth were cut into the wood, resembling a saw.&nbsp; The little old saw-man used to sit on a sharp pivot at the end of a shelf, in such a way that the weight was the same on each side of the pivot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Calum would give the little old saw-man a tap with his finger, and he would go up and down, down and up, all evening!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">When I was a little boy, I was often a nuisance, playing where the big folk were working!&nbsp; Sometimes I would get under their feet, and although they were extremely patient, they would become weary of my tricks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">They had their own good tricks too.&nbsp; Maggie, my grandmother\u2019s sister, was extremely nice to me, and she would look for a kind way of getting me out of the road.&nbsp; One of her ways was to make a \u2018wind cock\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">She would take a potato from the \u2018potato house\u2019, and she would pull feathers from a bunch which was suspended from one of the rafters.&nbsp; She would put the feathers, one after the other, in the potato, until it resembled a round feathery ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Then she would throw the wind cock out the door, and I would chase it.&nbsp; It would run and leap all over the place, driven by the wind, and I would run and leap too, to see if I could catch it.&nbsp;&nbsp; And there was no sign of the nuisance who bothered the big folk!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-ti-fg-alt-background-color has-background eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/gd\/sgeulachdan-ghaidhlig\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Leugh tuilleadh sgeulachdan an seo<\/a>. \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tireetrust.org.uk\/gd\/sgeulachdan-ghaidhlig\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Read more stories here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><\/p>",
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