Song entitled 'Mhic Iain Mhuideartaich Na Feill', 26 May 1869 and 17 June 1869
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Mhic Iain Mhuideartaich Na Feill' collected from 'bean an Tailleir Donul Mac an Toishich' [Margaret MacIntosh or Mrs Donald MacIntosh, the tailor's wife], S[outh] Boisdale [Ceann a Deas Loch Baghasdail, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist], beginning, 'Nuair seacha tu sios an talla n ro fion, Stu nach tig a nios gun stop'. The song is composed of forty-five lines which bear annotations or amendments. The text has been scored through in ink and written transversely across the first folio is,' B[ook] 3 P[age] [-] Trans[cribed] June 17 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'. Preceding the information on the informant is the line 'Gu h-eibhinn an t snaim'. The informant heard this song and 'Dòmhnall Gorm Shlèibhteach' [see next item] from her sister who lived with her grandmother '"Fionaghal nin Aonas ic Caluim" a woman who [had] a number of old poems'.
Dates
- Creation: 26 May 1869 and 17 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 22v, line 3 to folio 23v, line 16
Subject
- Fionnaghal nighean Aonghais Chaluim, c1830 (South Uist | Inverness-shire | Scotland) (Person)
- Macintosh, Donald, c1831-1892 (tailor | South Boisdale | South Uist) (Person)
- MacIntosh, Margaret, c1828-1883 (Person)
- MacDonald, John, 1617-1670 (Iain Muideartach | John of Moidart | 12th chief of Clanranald) (Person)
- MacDonald (of Clanranald) (Family)
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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