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Nighean nan Geug

from Haunting by Christina Stewart

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"Nighean nan Geug" translates as Girl of the Sticks, referring to the sticks she uses to mind the livestock. The voice singing is that of the girl's dead mother comforting her while her new step-mother mistreats the children behind their father's back. In this and the Guardian Ghost story, you can see that the ghosts of Highland tradition are not all to be feared.

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from Haunting, released October 31, 2011

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Christina Stewart Scotland, UK

A voice described as the aural equivalent of ‘sweet, organic honey drizzling slowly from a honey wand’ in Dirty Linen magazine. Christina is a singer, teacher, tradition bearer and musical explorer, singing in Gaelic, Scots and English. She belongs to Inverness, the Highland capital, where the Gaelic and Scots heritages of the north of Scotland meet. ... more

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