Sc. [Gael. taran.] The ghost of an unbaptized child.
1775. L. Shaw, Hist. Moray, VI. iv. 307. It was likewise believed … that Children dying unbaptized (called Tarans) wandered in woods and solitudes, lamenting their hard fate, and were often seen.
1776. Pennant, Tour Scotl. in 1772, II. Addit. 13.
1813. Ellis, Brand’s Pop. Antiq. (1849), II. 73.
