Nic an Lias, Eifrig, c1850 ([Euphemia Gilles?] | spinster | Isle of Barra)
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Poem entitled 'Corag Fhinn agus Mhanuis', 15 January 1866
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/4
Scope and Contents
Poem entitled 'Corag Fhinn agus Mhanuis' [Comhrag Fhèinn Agus Mhanuis or The Fight of Fionn and Manus] collected from Alasdair Donullach [Alexander MacDonald], Boradh, Barra [Borgh/Borve, Barriagh/Isle of Barra]. The story is told in forty stanzas of four lines each. The first stanza begins 'Ce be bhiodh leinn a laoidh, Air an trai[gh] tha siar fo dheas'. MacDonald states that he heard the story from Eifrig Nic an Lias, 'shean mhaighdean' [old maid or spinster].
Dates:
15 January 1866