Song beginning 'Hillirin s og u horo laill oho', 28 May 1869 and 18 June 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/64
Scope and Contents
Song collected from Mairead Mhoireastan [Margaret Morrison], aged 36 years, Sliabh Ghriminis, Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla] beginning 'Hillirin s og u horo laill oho, Hi ri beo illirin o gu'. The song is composed of forty-four lines. The text has been scored through in ink and written transversely across the first folio is 'B[ook] 3 Page [-] Trans[cribed] June 18 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'.
Dates
- Creation: 28 May 1869 and 18 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 38v, line 7 to folio 39v, line 10
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