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Song beginning 'Tobar nam buadh', June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/169

Scope and Contents

Song beginning 'Tobar nam buadh, Tha shuas sa gleannan' with a note which follows reading 'A schoolmaster in S Kilda in print' [Hiorta/St Kilda]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates

  • Creation: June 1887

Language of Materials

English Gaelic

Conditions Governing Access

This material is unrestricted.

Extent

From the Series: 53 folios ; 17.2 x 10.5 cm

Physical Location

5.07

Physical Location

folio 34v, line 1 to folio 34v, line 14

Bibliography

'Tobar nam Buadh', The Northern Antiquarian Megalithic Sites, Holy Wells & Ancient Remains of the British Isleshttps://megalithix.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/tobar-nam-buadh-st-kilda-outer-hebdrides-holy-well/ (September 2008).
'MacIain', [Tobar nam Buadh], Celtic Magazine, vol. 11 (1886), pp. 174-176. 'MacIain is probably Donald Munro Morrison, the son of John Morrison, the poet known as 'Gobha na Hearadh'.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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