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MacRury, John Ewen, c1853-1909 (Torlum | Benbecula)

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Custom and saying entitled 'Spilling Milk', 1895

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/60
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Custom and saying recorded by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Spilling Milk' describing how if someone spilt milk they would say 'Coma libh dheth tha bial feumach a feathamh air' [It doesn't matter, there's a needy mouth waiting for it] and that the thirsty party would get their thirst quenched. Text has been scored thorugh as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1895

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  • Subject: Thirst X