Fairy song beginning 'A Chiad Didaoirn an gheamhradh fhuar', c1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/8
Scope and Contents
Fairy song collected from [Mary] Ferguson, Clad-Baileshear [Cladach a' Bhaile Shear/Claddach Baleshare, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] beginning 'A Chiad Didaoirn an gheamhradh fhuar, S daor a phai mi duais nan sealg'. The song has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: c1870
Language of Materials
Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 72 folios ; 12.7 x 20 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 9r, line 20 to folio 9r, line 29
Bibliography
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, Vol II (Edinburgh, 1900) pp. 243-244.
Subject
- Ferguson, Mary, c1825-1909 (domestic servant | Cladach a' Bhaile Shear | North Uist) (Person)
- MacRae (Kintail) (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
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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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