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MacLean, Mac Iain Ghiorr (pirate and reiver | Isle of Mull)

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Song entitled 'Mac Iain Ghiorr' and accompanying story, 1877

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/76
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Mac Iain Ghiorr' beginning 'Te bha blithean ba aig Ru Huisnis', and accompanying story which tells how Mac Iain Ghiorr stole a cow from a woman. Also vocabulary note that 'mothir' [mòthar] means the noise of the sea. The song is composed of seven lines. This text has been scored through perhaps indicating it has been transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

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