Prayer entitled 'Coisrigeadh An Aodaich' and accompanying notes, 7 August 1886
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/24
Scope and Contents
Prayer entitled 'Coisrigeadh An Aodaich' [Consecration of the Cloth] collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaluinn, Morven [Loch Alainn/Lochaline, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] beginning Is math a gha'as mi mo rann, A teurna leis a ghleann'. The custom in which the verses are repeated three times, while the cloth is being worked by women is described. There is an additional note explaining the reference to deer, salmon and herring within the prayer, that both fish have bones 'like the leg of a deer - hoof and all.' The text has a number of additions to it in pencil and in ink as well as a tick next to it to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- 7 August 1886
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 39 folios ; 26.3 x 22.1 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 29r, line 17 to folio 30r, line 5
Bibliography
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol. I (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. 306-309.
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk