Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Poem entitled 'Rann Maistridh', 21 December 1885
Poem entitled 'Rann Maistridh' collected from Donald MacDonald, crofter, Griminish, Benbecula [Griminis, Beinn na Faoghla] beginning 'Thig a chuinneag thig'.
Prayer entitled 'Altachadh Leapa'', 21 December 1855
Prayer entitled 'Altachadh Leapa' beginning 'Tha mise cur m' anama 's mo chuirp' collected from Donald MacDonald, crofter, Griminish, Benbecula [Griminis, Beinn na Faoghla]. The text has been scored through in pencil and has an addition made to the text also in pencil.
Prayer entitled 'Altachadh Leapa', 21 December 1885
Prayer entitled 'Altachadh Leapa' collected from Donald MacDonald, crofter, Griminish, Benbecula [Griminis, Beinn na Faoghla] beginning 'Laidhidh mise noc, Le Moire s le Mac'. The text has been scored through in pencil and two additions to the text have been made also in pencil.
Prayer entitled 'An Urnaigh Chadail', 10 September 1885
Prayer entitled 'An Urnaigh Chadail' collected from Donald MacDonald, crofter, Griminish, Benbecula [Griminis, Beinn na Faoghla] beginning 'Tha mise noc/nis a dol a chadal'. The prayer is composed of nine lines. A number of additions have been made to the text in pencil and ink and the text has been scored through in pencil.
[Prayer] entitled 'Sloinnidh Brìde', 21 December 1885
[Prayer] entitled 'Sloinnidh Brìde' collected from Donald MacDonald, crofter, Griminish, Benbecula [Griminis, Beinn na Faoghla] beginning 'Sloinnidh ban-naomh Bride muime Chriosda, Bride nighean Dughaill duinn'. Text has been scored through in pencil.
Song entitled 'Oran Sith' and accompanying story, 21 December 1885
Song entitled 'Oran Sith' collected from Donald MacDonald, crofter, Griminish, Benbecula [Griminis, Beinn na Faoghla] beginning 'A Mhor a Mhor till ri d' mhacan'. The accompanying tale tells how Moire met a fairy who seemed to know her baby. She talked to the fairy and then left her baby and went and hid to spy on them and this is the song she heard the father sing. Additions have been made to the text in both ink and pencil