Nighean Rìgh Sionnach

The daughter of the King of Enchantments. She was found in the hunting hill by a party of hunters, who took her home with them. The chief married her and she lived with him and his mother. She bore him three children before she was heard to utter a word. Afterwards, on the occasion of a feast being prepared, they gave her a candle to hold, when she said:

"On thine account candle Put in my hand to hold Standing in the smoke That was not my customary wont In my mother and father's house."	A'v a chuis a choinneal Thuair mi an'am laimh ga cumail Um sheasamh a's an deathaich 'S cha be sin m' abhaist Un tigh mo mhathar 's m' athar.
Her mother-in-law answered:
"At your leisure, my good woman, Well I knew the company, One cow with three teats, And nine people."	A'r a shocair a bhuinneag 'S math a b'aithne dhomhsa chuideachd Aona mhart air thri sinnean 'S naoinear do mhuinntir.
She replied:
"That was not the custom In my father and mother's house There was not one cow three teated Nor a company of nine in number But nine chains of pure gold Hung in the house of the King of Enchantments."	Cha be sin an gnathas Bha 'n tigh m' athur no momhathar Cha robh aona mhart air thré sinnean Na naoinear 'a mhuinntir Ach naoi slabhrinnean òir An crocha' 'n tigh Righ Sionnach.

By her words it was found out whose daughter she was and where she had come from.

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