Note 25 — FOLK TALES.
Reading edition
The rock of Ailsa in the firth of Clyde is called in Gaelic Creag Ealasaid, and Ealasaid a’ chuain (Ailsa of the sea). A round grey rock lying near the shore in Mannal, south side of Tiree, is called Sgeir Ealasaid, the Ailsa rock. The name Ealasaid is in English also Elizabeth and Elspeth.