Song entitled 'Cumha Mhic an Toisich', 25 September 1872 and 4 January 1876
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/126
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Cumha Mhic an Toisich' [Cumha Mhic an Tòisich or MacIntosh's Lament] collected from Mor Nic Neil, daughter of Alexander MacNeil, Ceantang[abhal] [Marion MacNeil, Ceanntangabhal/Kentangaval, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] beginning ''S mise bhean mhul[adach] giulan a churaic'. The song is composed of sixty-five lines, mostly set out as four line stanzas. The text has been scored through in ink and a note written transversely across the first page of text reads 'Sent to the Highlander 4th Jan[uar]y 1876'.
Dates
- Creation: 25 September 1872 and 4 January 1876
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 49r, line 4 to folio 50v, line 4
Bibliography
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol. VI (Edinburgh, 1971), pp. 346-359.
Carmichael, Alexander, 'Cumha Mhic-an-Toisich', The Highlander, vol. IV, no. 165 (3 July 1876), p. 5.
Carmichael, Alexander, 'Cumha Mhic-an-Toisich', The Highlander, vol. IV, no. 165 (3 July 1876), p. 5.
Subject
- MacLean, Marion, 1843-1927 (Person)
- MacIntosh (of Moy) (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