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MacRae, Mary, c1790-1879 (dairymaid)

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Song beginning 'Horo hugo hugo' and accompanying note, 12 July 1870 and 10 December 1882

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/83
Scope and Contents Song collected from Mary MacRae, aged 95 years, Tao-tua Harris [Taobh Tuath/Northton, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] beginning 'Horo hugo hugo, [Don theid rudire dhol]' [Am BrĂ²n Binn]. The song is composed of fifty-eight lines but it appears to be incomplete as a fifty-ninth line has been started but not finished. The text has been scored through in ink and a transverse note reads 'Transcribed Book III page 232 10 Dec[embe]r 1882 A[lexander] C[armichael].' The accompanying note states that Mary...
Dates: 12 July 1870 and 10 December 1882

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