Poem beginning 'Gao an iar thar na Feiste' and accompanying note, June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/179
Scope and Contents
Poem beginning 'Gao an iar thar na Feiste, Ceo is uisge' which is described as having been composed by Màiri Nighean Alasdair Ruaidh to the MacDonalds after a meeting at Rodail [Roghadal/Rodel, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] at which the MacLeods and MacDonalds quarrelled. A vocabulary note reads 'Foirich = Pestle'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: June 1887
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
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 37v, line 9 to folio 38r, line 6
Bibliography
Black, Ronald, 'I thought he made it all up: Context and Controversy' in Stiubhart (ed.), Alexander Carmichael: Life and Legacy (Port of Ness: Islands Book Trust, 2008), pp. 65-68
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol. IV (Edinburgh, 1941), pp. 356-359
Nicolson, Alexander, A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs and Familiar Phrases based on MacIntosh's Collection 2nd, edition, (Edinburgh, 1882), p. 390
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol. IV (Edinburgh, 1941), pp. 356-359
Nicolson, Alexander, A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs and Familiar Phrases based on MacIntosh's Collection 2nd, edition, (Edinburgh, 1882), p. 390
Subject
- MacLeod, Mary, c1615?c1707 (Person)
- MacDonald (of Sleat) (Family)
- MacLeod (of Dunvegan) (Family)
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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