Story entitled 'An t-Each Ursunn' and accompanying song, 24 March 1869
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'An t-Each Ursunn' about a Maor Mòr who came over from Trotarnish [Trotternish, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye] to Baileshear [Baile Sear/Baleshare, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] to fetch the best horse [each ursunn] and horse-hair halter from a poor widow. When he stopped at Tobar Pheadair in Sollas [Solas] for water Seumas Òg, the son of Sir Seumas Rua [Sir Seumas Ruadh], went to chase him away and threatened to chop his head into the well except that the Maor Mòr's pregnant wife got between them and Seumas Òg let him go saying to the wife, 'I give him his life not for his own useless carcass but for your sake'. Sir Seumas Ruadh lived in a house or castle at Sollas, which was taken down about 70-80 years previously [c1789-1799] because it was dangerous. The story is concluded with a song which begins 'Mo [riaraite] thu am aire'. Part of the text has been scored through as if to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 24 March 1869
Language of Materials
English,Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 68 folios ; 20.5 x 16.5 cm
Physical Location
CW107-121
Physical Location
folio 32v, line 16 to folio 33v, line 17
- Baleshare North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Disputes
- Horses
- Houses
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Pregnant women
- Solas North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Songs
- Tales
- Tobar Pheadair North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Trotternish Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
- Wells
Subject
- MacDonald, James (Person)
- MacDonald, Sir James, 1741-1766 (8th of Sleat | Marcellus of the North | Seumas Ruadh) (Person)
- MacDonald (of Sleat) (Family)
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Repository Details
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