Song beginning 'S a cholunn sin sa chol[unn]' and accompanying note, 22 August 1903
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW178/14
Scope and Contents
Hymn probably collected from Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, beginning ' Sa cholunn sin sa 'chol[unn], gur mairg a tha nad chao[mh]na[dh]' ['Cor an t-saoghail' by Lachlan MacLauchlan, teacher Obar Itheachan/Abriachan, Siorrachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire]. The note states that the song was composed by 'Gille ghorach agus dh fhas e tinn' [a foolish boy who became ill]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 22 August 1903
Language of Materials
Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 20 folios ; 21 x 17 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 5r, line 11 to folio 6v, line 6
Bibliography
Rose, John (ed.), Metrical Reliques of 'The Men' in the Highlands, (Inverness, 1851) p. 96. http://www.archive.org/stream/metricalreliques00rose#page/96/mode/2up/search/baoghal
Subject
- MacRae, Mary, fl1903 (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
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