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Two poems and custom entitled 'Geaslanac na Callaig', 24 September 2010

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/112

Scope and Contents

Two poems and custom entitled 'Geaslanac na Callaig', the first poem begins 'Mas a gao[th] an ias a Challaig iasg us aran' while the second one begins 'Mi direadh leis an ardorus s mi tearna leis an tusan'. The custom tells how on Hogmanay, the caisean-uchd [breast-strip] was lighted and swung round the head of each member of the household three times and if the light went out, it would mean that the person would die that year. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates

  • Creation: 24 September 2010

Language of Materials

Gaelic,English

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 44r, line 15 to folio 44v, line 17

Bibliography

Campbell, John Gregorson, The Gaelic otherworld : John Gregorson Campbell's Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland and Witchcraft & second sight in the Highlands & Islands (Edinburgh, 2005) pp.532-535.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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