Song entitled 'Duan an Donaich', 27 October 1873
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW115/1
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Duan an Donaich' [The Poem of the Lord's Day] collected from Aonas Guinn [Angus Gunn], cottar, Dail fo thuath, Niss, Lews [Dail bho Thuath/North Dell, Nis/Ness, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis] beginning 'Heir a bannag hora bannag, Thoir a Challain air a dheo'. The text has been scored through in ink and a note across it reads 'Transcribed 29 October 1888 A[lexander] C[armichael]'.
Dates
- Creation: 27 October 1873
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)
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Full Extent
From the Series: 12 folios ; 17 x 21cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 1r, line 1 to folio 1v, line 18
Bibliography
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol. I (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. 218-219.
Subject
- Gunn, Angus, c1788-1875 (crofter) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk