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Song beginning 'S fhada bho m fhin bonn Bein eadura' and vocabulary note, 29 October 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/105

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Scope and Contents

Song beginning 'S fhada bho m fhin bonn Bein[n] eadura, S fhada bho m fhin bho m fhi[n] etc' [Colann gun Cheann]. The song is composed of eleven lines including instructions for repetition. The vocabulary note reads 'Caoin = The air of a song'. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates

  • Creation: 29 October 1872

Creator

Language of Materials

English Gaelic

Conditions Governing Access

This material is unrestricted.

Full Extent

From the Series: 117 folios ; 20 x 16.5 cm

Additional Description

Physical Location

5.07

Physical Location

folio 34v, line 19 to folio 35r, line 9

Related Materials

Coll-97/CW106/123 - another version of this song

Coll-97/CW106/104 - the story of MacMhuirich and the Beast, who is said to have sung this song.

Bibliography

Black, Ronald (ed.), The Gaelic Otherworld (Edinburgh, 2005), pp. 516-517
Gillies, William, 'Alexander Carmichael and Clann Mhuirich', Scottish Gaelic Studies, Vol. XX (2000) p.19.
Gillies, William, 'Alexander Carmichael and the Folklore of the MacMhuirich Poets', in Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart (ed.), The Life and Legacy of Alexander Carmichael (Port of Ness, 2008), pp. 96-114.

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