Song entitled 'Duan Callaig' and accompanying custom, 20 November 1873
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Duan Callaig' [The Song of Hogmanay] collected from Gilleaspa Donnullach [Archibald MacDonald], shoemaker, Bailanloch, Uist a Chinn a Tuath [Baile Loch/Baleloch, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] beginning 'Nist o thainc sinn an duthaich, A dh'urachadh dhuibh na Callaig' and comprising seven verses. Additions have been made to the text in pencil. The custom describes how the 'luc-callain went sun-wise three times round the house' and in Uist [Uibhist] where the 'luc-callain' may be anything as many as ten or fifteen people, the leader would wear a dried cow hide as they went around the house making a noise and striking the hide.
Dates
- Creation: 20 November 1873
Language of Materials
Gaelic
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 31r, line 1 to folio 31v, line 10
Bibliography
Subject
- MacDonald, Archibald, c1830-1922 (Person)
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
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