MacNeill, Peggie, fl1901
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hymn for the dying, 1901
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/12
Scope and Contents
Hymn for the dying collected from Peggie MacNeill, Gleann/Glen, Barraigh/Isle of Barra beginning 'M anamsa an a laimhs a Righ, A Righ na carach neo. The song is composed of nineteen lines. Peggie states that she heard the prayer from her father John MacNeill and she has taught them to her own children noting 'Both [her parents] had many many old hymns now lost and never heard - not even the name of them.' Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
1901
Prayer for protection while sleeping, 12 June 1901
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/11
Scope and Contents
Prayer for protection while sleeping collected from Peggie MacNeill, wife of Eoin Raoil, Glen, Barra [Gleann, Barraigh], beginning 'Laiem noc, Le Moir le mac, Le ailean mo Righ'. The prayer is composed of twenty-five lines. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
12 June 1901
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- Subject: Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland X
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