Song entitled 'Mhic Iain Mhuideartaich Na Feill', 26 May 1869 and 17 June 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/41
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
- 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
- Fionnaghal nighean Aonghais Chaluim, c1830 (South Uist | Inverness-shire | Scotland)
- Lullabies
- MacDonald (of Clanranald)
- MacDonald, John, 1617-1670 (Iain Muideartach | John of Moidart | 12th chief of Clanranald)
- MacIntosh, Margaret, c1828-1883
- Macintosh, Donald, c1831-1892 (tailor | South Boisdale | South Uist)
- Praise
- Songs
- South Boisdale South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- South Uist 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
Part of the Edinburgh University Library Special 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
is-crc@ed.ac.uk