MacPherson
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Song entitled 'Cumha Mhic a Phearsoin', 13 September 1873
Song entitled 'Cumha Mhic a Phearsoin' beginning 'Mheud sa thain[ig] do Chlann a Phearsa[in]' collected from Alex Macinnon [Alexander MacKinnon], bard, Scalpey Isle [Scalpaigh/Scalpay], aged 80 years.
Story about Cugarbhat, king of the cats, c1872
Story about Cugarbhat, king of the cats [collected from Neil MacEachen, crofter, Tobha Beag/Howbeg, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] in which Mac vurich [MacMhuirich] is out hunting and his dogs kill Cugarbhat in a cave. A cat asks MacMhuirich if his dogs killed Cugarbhat three times and on each occasion grows larger eventually jumping at MacMhuirich's throat. The text here is heavily abbreviated. A fuller version can be found in CW154 folio 30r.
Verse beginning 'Theich O theich 's gun do theich Clann an toisich' and accompanying note, nd
Verse beginning 'Theich O theich 's gun do theich Clann an toisich' composed of four lines and an accompanying note which reads, 'The Macintoshes deserted the Lord of the Isles at the battle of [Inverlochy] and joined the King's people' [Battle of Inverlochy, 1431].
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