Note 31 — Chapter IV · SECOND SIGHT (an da shealladh).

An old man in Aharacle, in the north of Argyleshire, was shaved, his face was washed, his hair combed, and his personal appearance attended to in anticipation of his speedy dissolution. When an attempt was made to cut his nails, he told his friends to let them alone: “They are, he exclaimed, but slight weapons for myself, seeing I don’t know where I am going to.” (’S beag an t-armachd dhomh fhìn iad, ’s gun fhios ’am cean’ tha mi dol.)