MacLellan, Duncan, c1816-1893

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Note about the song 'Duan Na Muthairn', c1893

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/4

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Note about the song 'Duan Na Muthairn' [Rune of the Muthairn], which was collected from Dun[can] MacLel[lan] Don[nachadh] Ban, Carnan, S[outh] U[ist] on 17 January 1874 that Duncan had heard it from an old woman 'who used to frequent his fathers house and who used to repeat long hymns night after night at the fire side.'

Dates: c1893

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

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Subject: South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland X
Subject: Folk songs X

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MacLellan, Duncan, c1816-1893

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Note about the song 'Duan Na Muthairn', c1893

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