Story entitled 'Cigean, Cuaigean, us Boc Geal an Reubain' and accompanying note, 1861 and c1866
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/2
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Cigean, Cuaigean, us Boc Geal an Reubain' collected from Donnchadh MacDhiarmaid [Duncan MacDiarmaid] and Coinneach MacAscaill [Kenneth MacAskill] both Fearann-an-letha [Fearann an Leagha/Fernilea, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye] on 30 January 1861, in which the three characters have some corn and Cigean asks who will grow it, to which Cuaigean replies 'Nach tog thu fhèin?' ['Won't you grow it yourself?'] to which Boc Geal an Reubainn suggests they all grow it together. Next Cigean asks who will winnow it and the same responses come. The story continues through the process of preparing the corn up until the point at which it is baked with the final question being 'Co dh'itheas am bonnach' and with the same solution that they eat it together, the narrator leaves them to eat.
Dates
- 1861 and c1866
Language of Materials
Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 183 folios ; 20 x 23.8cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 6v, line 1 to folio 7r, line 19
- Carbost Isle of Skye Bracadale Inverness-shire Scotland
- Fernilea Isle of Skye Bracadale Inverness-shire Scotland
- Food
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
- MacAskill, Kenneth, c1817-1875 (cottar | Fernilea | Isle of Skye)
- MacDiarmaid, Duncan, c1846-1881 (shepherd and cook on barge | Fernilea, Isle of Skye and Glasgow)
- Sharing
- Tales
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
is-crc@ed.ac.uk