Song beginning 'Chi mi ghrian a fala gu siulach', 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Scope and Contents
Song collected on MiĆ¹ghlaigh/Mingulay beginning 'Chi mi ghrian a fala gu siulach, Si dol tiom Ru'n dunu'. The song is composed of thirty-seven lines, with the final two lines being scored out as if deleted. There are two places marked with the numbers '1' and '2' as if the second pair are to be inserted where the first pair are written. The text has been scored through in ink and written transversely across it is written 'Trans[cribed] June 16 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael].'
Dates
- Creation: 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 64 folios ; 17 x 20.3 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 14r, line 1 to folio 14v, line 15
- Bracadale (parish) Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
- Death
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
- Laments
- Loch Sunart Ardnamurchan (parish) Argyllshire Scotland
- Loss (of people or things)
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Songs
- Uig Snizort (parish) Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland
- Waulking songs
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
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