Song entitled 'Bron no Braon Binn' and accompanying notes, c1875 and 27 February 1894
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/72
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Bron no Braon Binn' collected from Iain MacLeoid [John MacLeod], crofter, Iocar, Uist a chinne a deas [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Chunnaig Righ Breatun na shuain, An aona bhean a b. fhearr snuagh fo'n ghrein'. The song is composed of thirty-eight lines. Pencil annotations divide the song into nine verses. The accompanying note tells how the woman in the song was a ban-draoigh [druid] who wanted to kill Sior Falaich [Sir Gawain] so she put Righ Breatun to sleep and he dreamt about her and dreamt that he was in love with her. When Sir Gawain came to the king he sent him to find her and she killed him. A later note in ink reads 'Gave copy to Mr Stewart Glennie, barrister, London, 27 2 94 [27 February 1894] A[lexander]. C[armichael].'
Dates
- c1875 and 27 February 1894
Language of Materials
English 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 159r, line 1 to folio 159v, line 24
Bibliography
Campbell, J. F., Leabhar na Féinne (London, 1872), p. 208.
'Am Bron Binn', The Highlander (11 March 1876)
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol V, (Edinburgh, 1954), pp. 100-5.
Gowans, Linda, Am Bròn Binn: An Arthurian Ballad in Scottish Gaelic (Eastbourne, 1992), pp. 8-9, 19, 30-2.
http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/gd/fullrecord/33071/1
'Am Bron Binn', The Highlander (11 March 1876)
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol V, (Edinburgh, 1954), pp. 100-5.
Gowans, Linda, Am Bròn Binn: An Arthurian Ballad in Scottish Gaelic (Eastbourne, 1992), pp. 8-9, 19, 30-2.
http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/gd/fullrecord/33071/1
- Arthurian romances
- Death
- Love
- MacLeod, John, 1825-1916 (Iain Ruadh mac Thormaid | crofter | Buaile Dubh | South Uist | Inverness-shire | Scotland)
- Murder
- Righ Breatainn
- Songs
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Stewart-Glennie, John S, 1830-1910 (barrister and author)
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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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk