I'll Keep You Safe

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Harris Tweed is the only cloth in the world to be defined by an Act of Parliament and is described in the 1993 Act as follows: ‘Handwoven by the islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides, finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides.’

(‘ch’ as in ‘loch’)

Amhuinnsuidhe Av-an-sooey

Anndra Aoundra

Bilascleiter Bill-is-clay-churr

Bodach Bottach

Bothag Baw-hag

Breasclete Bree-as-clitch

Cianalas Key-an-alas

Cuishader Coo-e-shaadur

Eachan Yachan

Linshader Leen-u-shaadur

Niamh Neave

Ranish Rannish

Róisín Rosheen

Ruairidh Roo-are-ee

Seonag Shonnak

Taigh ’an Fiosaich Tie-an-fisseech

Uilleam William

Braque Brack

Faubert Foe-berr

Gilles Zheel

All she can hear is the ringing in her ears. A high-pitched tinnitus drowning out all other sounds. The chaos around her has no real form. Flaming fragments from the blast still falling from the night sky, bodies lying on the concrete. The shadows of figures fleeing the flames extend towards her across the square, flickering like monochrome images on a screen.

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