Story about the Steocairean on Islay, September 1884
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/294
Scope and Contents
Story about the Steocairean [cliar sheanachain or itinerant band/sorners] on Islay [Ìle] collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire], in which a group demanded and were reluctantly given hospitality in an Islay farm house. Amongst them was a young man learning but who 'could only play the first "car" of the port [tune]'. The head of the steocairean 'ceann-snaodh nan steocairen' recited a poem or song beginning 'Piobaireach[hd] is aran tur'.
Dates
- Creation: September 1884
Language of Materials
English,Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 1 notebook ; 17.5 x 10.8 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 83r, line 7 to folio 83r, line 24
Bibliography
Bede, Cuthbert [Edward Bradley], Glencreggan: A Highland Home in Cantyre, vol ii, London, 2 vols, 1861, p. 237.
Carmichael, Alexander, 'Traditions of the Land of Lorne and the Highland Ancestry of Robert Burns', The Celtic Review, vol 8 (Edinburgh, 1913) p 324.
Nicolson, Alexander, A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases, based on Macintosh's collection (Edinburgh, 1882), p. 338.
Sanger, Keith William McMurchy http://www.kintyremag.co.uk/1998/13/13page7.html (2009)
Carmichael, Alexander, 'Traditions of the Land of Lorne and the Highland Ancestry of Robert Burns', The Celtic Review, vol 8 (Edinburgh, 1913) p 324.
Nicolson, Alexander, A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases, based on Macintosh's collection (Edinburgh, 1882), p. 338.
Sanger, Keith William McMurchy http://www.kintyremag.co.uk/1998/13/13page7.html (2009)
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