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199. Safety of the Generous. Tearuinteachd Nam Fial
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199. Safety of the Generous. Tearuinteachd Nam Fial

TEARUINTEACHD NAM FIAL [199]

SAFETY OF THE GENEROUS

THIS verse, the only verse of the poem he could remember, was obtained from John Kane, a native of Ireland. John Kane had many traditional stories of Saint Columba showing that he 'being dead yet speaketh.' These stories were p. 169 vivid and graphic, the probable and improbable, possible and impossible, blending and diffusing throughout.

p. 168

p. 169

DEIR Calum-cille ruinn,
Dh’ ifrinn gu brath nach tar am fial;
Ach luchd na meirle ’s luchd nam mionn,
Caillidh siad an coir air Dia.

COLUMBA tells to us, that
To hell the generous shall never go;
But those who steal and those who swear,
They shall lose their right to God.

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