Poem entitled 'Comhairle A Aoide do Mhac an Toisich', 25 May 1865
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW113/20
Scope and Contents
Poem entitled 'Comhairle A Aoide do Mhac an Toisich' collected from Coinneach Mac Calaman [Kenneth Murchison] Lochcarnan at Uisgebha, Uist [Loch a' Charnain/Loch Carnan, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Uisgeabhagh/Uiskevagh, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula]. The poem is a list of advice on how to live a good life given by Mac an Toisich to Aoide, in a manner similar to a list of proverbs. Aoide asks Mac an Toisich if he followed the advice to which the answer is no but that if he had the advice he would take it now.
Dates
- Creation: 25 May 1865
Language of Materials
Gaelic
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 57r, line 13 to folio 58r, line 9
Bibliography
Nicolson, Alexander (ed.), A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs (Edinburgh, 1882), p 394-7.
MacPhàrlain, Calum (ed.), Làmh-Sgrìobhainn Mhic Rath (Dundee, 1923), pp. 50-%3.
Gillios, Eoin (ed.), Sean Dain, agus Orain Ghaidhealach (Perth, 1786), pp. 296-98.
'Comhairlean an t-Seann Duine', Cuairtear nan Gleann, vol. 28 (June, 1842), p. 112.
Stiùbhart, Domhnall Uilleam, ‘Alasdair MacGilleMhìcheil: Fear-Cruinneachaidh Òran ri linn nan 1860an’, Foinn agus Focail: Léachtaí Cholm Cille XL (Maynooth, 2010), p. 119.
MacPhàrlain, Calum (ed.), Làmh-Sgrìobhainn Mhic Rath (Dundee, 1923), pp. 50-%3.
Gillios, Eoin (ed.), Sean Dain, agus Orain Ghaidhealach (Perth, 1786), pp. 296-98.
'Comhairlean an t-Seann Duine', Cuairtear nan Gleann, vol. 28 (June, 1842), p. 112.
Stiùbhart, Domhnall Uilleam, ‘Alasdair MacGilleMhìcheil: Fear-Cruinneachaidh Òran ri linn nan 1860an’, Foinn agus Focail: Léachtaí Cholm Cille XL (Maynooth, 2010), p. 119.
Subject
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