Culbin Sands (1) Bàr Inbhir Èireann (1)

Faclan is abairtean: Rinn tuiltean sgrios ann am Moireibh: floods caused damage in Moray; bha mi ag innse sin dhuibh: I was telling you that; o chionn fhada:a long time ago; gainmheach: sand; air taobh thall na h-aibhne: on the far [other] sìde of the river; chaidh a’ choille a chur: the forest was planted; b’ e sin an aon dòigh airson stad a chur air a’ ghainmhich: that was the only way to stop the sand; bha X uaireigin ainmeil airson a bhith torrach: X was at one time famous for being fertile; ùir domhainn: deep soil; bha leas brèagha timcheall an taigh mhòir: there was a beautiful garden around the estate [big] house; ubhalghort: orchard; crodh is caoraich:cattle and sheep; tuathanasan: farms; bhathar a’ fàs eòrna is coirce: barley and oats were grown; thàinig am foghar: autumn came; thàinig i gu h-obann is gun rabhadh: it came suddenly and without warning; bha duine a’ treabhadh: a man was ploughing; dh’fhàg e an crann: he left the plough; theich e: he fled; chaidh an crann a chòmhdachadh leis a’ ghainmhich: the plough was covered with the sand; chòmhdaich a’ ghainmheach a h-uile nì: the sand covered everything; chuir i stad air daoine bho bhith a’ faighinn a-mach às na dorsan aca: it stopped people getting out of their doors; dh’fhàs an stoirm na bu mhiosa air an dàrna latha: the storm got worse on the second day; dhùin a’ ghainmheach beul na h-aibhne: the sand closed the mouth of the river; bhris an abhainn tron ghainmhich: the river broke through the sand; rinn i sgrios air seann bhaile Inbhir Èireann: it destroyed the old village of Findhorn: cha robh sgeul air an dachannan: there was no sign of their homes; mu cheud bliadhna às dèidh na stoirme: about 100 years after the storm; bha e a’ stobadh os cionn na gainmhich: it was sticking up above the sand; cha robh e ann fada: it wasn’t there long; chaidh e gu mullach an t-simileir: he went to the top of the chimney; dh’èigh e sìos: he called down; bha an guth ag èigheachd suas an similear: the voice was calling up the chimney; mac-talla: echo; taibhs de dhuine a chaidh a chall: the ghost of a man who was lost.