Song entitled 'Chai e leis', 22 May 1865
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW113/18
Scope and Contents
Song collected from Oighrig NicCruimein nighean dhol Dhonul mac Cruimein [Effie MacCrimmon], age 84, [Hiorta/St Kilda] beginning 'Gur mise tha fo ghruaim, Gur a fluich tha mo ghruaidh'. Eibhrig says 'Si mo mhathair a rin an d-oran so ga an duine aice' [My mother composed this song for her husband]; the heading, written by Carmichael, is 'Chai[dh] e leis [a' chreig]', in other words he fell from the cliff. The song contains many annotations pencil and in ink and the text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- 22 May 1865
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 86 folios ; 20.3 x 16.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 56r, line 1 to folio 56v, line 13
Bibliography
http://carmichaelwatson.blogspot.com/2009/10/it-was-express-purpose-of-garnering.html
[Mackenzie, Rev. Neil], 'Bardachd Irteach', The Celtic Review, vol. II (1905-06), pp. 334-335.
Bill Lawson, Croft History of St Kilda (Northton, Harris, 1993), p. 10.
Michael Robson, St Kilda: Church, Visitors and 'Natives', (Ness, 2006), pp. 441-42, 464n.77, 474-75.
Stiùbhart, Domhnall Uilleam, ‘Alasdair MacGilleMhìcheil: Fear-Cruinneachaidh Òran ri linn nan 1860an’, Foinn agus Focail: Léachtaí Cholm Cille XL (Maynooth, 2010), pp. 118-19.
[Mackenzie, Rev. Neil], 'Bardachd Irteach', The Celtic Review, vol. II (1905-06), pp. 334-335.
Bill Lawson, Croft History of St Kilda (Northton, Harris, 1993), p. 10.
Michael Robson, St Kilda: Church, Visitors and 'Natives', (Ness, 2006), pp. 441-42, 464n.77, 474-75.
Stiùbhart, Domhnall Uilleam, ‘Alasdair MacGilleMhìcheil: Fear-Cruinneachaidh Òran ri linn nan 1860an’, Foinn agus Focail: Léachtaí Cholm Cille XL (Maynooth, 2010), pp. 118-19.
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
is-crc@ed.ac.uk