Song beginning 'Thoir am bain[ne] bho dhonn', c1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/19
Scope and Contents
Song beginning 'Thoir am bain[ne] bho dhonn, Thoir e gu trom s gu torrach' [Taladh na Banachaig or The Milkmaid's Lullaby] probably collected in Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula. Text has been written over with 'Trans[cribed] B[ook] II p[age] 166 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael] Creagorry 8 Oct 1875'. [Creag Ghoraidh/Creagorry, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula].
Dates
- Creation: c1872
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 11v, line 12 to folio 11v, line 20
Bibliography
Carmichael, Alexander, Grazing and Agrestic Customs of the Outer Hebrides (Edinburgh, 1884), pp. 480-481
Subject
- MacNeil (of Barra) (Family)
- MacLeod (of Dunvegan) (Family)
- MacDonald (of Clanranald) (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
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
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