Song beginning 'Chuala mi do gheadh sa bhin'ach', 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/28
Scope and Contents
Song collected from Mairi Dhonullach niean Ruarai Chaluim [Mary MacDonald], aged about 28 years, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay beginning 'Chuala mi do gheadh sa bhin'ach, hoa ri na hura bhi iu o'. The song is composed of five lines. The text has been scored through in ink and written transversely across it is 'B[ook] 3 P[age] [-] Trans[cribed] June 16 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'. Also written transversely but in pencil and obscured by the ink transcription note is possible 'Oran Si[th]' [fairy song]
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 16v, line 12 to folio 16v, line 18
Subject
- Boyd, Mary, c1844-1915 (Person)
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