Each Uisge (Ach Ooshka) Online

Each Uisge (Ach Ooshka) Online

Early morning, Late November, on loch fyne, west coast of ScotlandWaves lap on the hull of a loch fyne skiff as its rowed towards a distant shore, in the bows a young man looks into the breaking dawn astern an older man sips from a hip flask, glancing down occasionally at the 13 silver bars of salmon laying on the deck boards as the dark waters flow by.On shore a procession of women and children winds its way towards the sea. A couple of Ponies with baskets are being led by older girls, as the younger children dash around laughing, or hold onto the skirts of the older women, who are lost in conversation as they travel to meet the men.As the sky lightens the travellers converge, wee boys dashing down to catch the hull as the skiff lands, the young man in the bow leaps ashore with the bow rope, as the older women peer down the shore. Fish are held aloft in jubilation. The catch has been good. Soon the shore is a scene of much activity, a fire for smoking the fish, and a pot over it for ...