Song entitled 'Taladh Cuain' and accompanying note, nd
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW152/3
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Taladh Cuain' beginning 'An Caolas Od Odrain, Far an caidreadh na roin'. The song is composed of forty lines. The accompanying note reads 'Taken down from the spiritis of a youth and maiden who had been drowned together embracing one another an greim bais in a death embrace as they sank beneath the sea.'
Dates
- Creation: nd
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)
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Full Extent
From the Series: 43 folios ; 20.2 x 16.1 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 4r, line 5 to folio 5r, line 18
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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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