St Kilda Inverness-shire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Song entitled 'Gleann' and accompanying notes, 11 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/75
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Gleann' collected from Christy MacLeod, aged 47, Obe, Harris, originally from St Kilda [Obbe, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris and Hiorta/St Kilda] beginning 'Himbo cha ruig mi ort, Be mise gun ite in Hearra'. The accompanying notes state how she has collected seven stones of feathers because of her dog's bird-hunting abilities, that dogs are numerous in St Kilda with every family having three or four for the birds and that 'The St Kilda people in Australia were saying in their Gaelic...
Dates:
11 July 1870