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St Kilda Inverness-shire Scotland

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Story entitled 'Mor Hiorteach (More correctly) Mor Iorteach' and accompanying song, 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/5
Scope and Contents Story entitled 'Mor Hiorteach (More correctly) Mor Iorteach' [Mor Hiortach] and accompanying song noted as being collected from Mrs Captain MacLeod [Ann MacLeod], Lochmaddy [Loch nam Madadh, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] on 26 February 1869 and from others. The story describes how Mor was a very beautiful woman, unusually tall for a St Kildan with a beautfiul singing voice. She married Norman MacDonald 'Tormaid Saor', an t-òr-cheard [travelling goldsmith] and carpenter, Trumpan, Vaternish,...
Dates: 1883