South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 356 Collections and/or Records:
Song beginning 'Hu hu niru bha u hi hu nirro bha ho', 8 April 1869
Song beginning 'Hu hu niru bha u hi hu nirro bha ho I iuro bha u. Fheudail a dh fhear an dachaich' collected from Seonaid Curaidh [seònaid Nic Mhuirich or Janet Currie] [Àird na Monadh/Ardnamonie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. Text has been scored through as if the text has been transcribed elsewhere.
Song beginning 'Ill hu o Ile o ro ho', 7 April 1869 to 5 May 1869
Song beginning 'Ill hu o Ile o ro ho' possibly collected from Alastair MacDonald, Drimmore [Driomor, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. Note in margin about vocabulary for 'lomairt' and 'foineart'. Text has been scored through and a note reads 'Transcribed Wednesday, May 5 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael] Book 2 p[age]'.
Song beginning 'Iomar so gu Eil Iosaig', 26 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Song probably collected from Penelope MacLellan, Ormacleit/Ormaclete, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Iomar so gu Eil[ean] Iosaig, Far du rinn MacLeo[i]d a dhinteir'. The song is composed of ten lines and contains a number of amendments and annotations in pencil. The text has been scored through in ink with the following written transversely across it 'B[ook] [-] P[age] [-] Trans[cribed] 16 June 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'.
Song beginning 'Mis an noc a tighinn gar ionnsuidh', 17 January 1874
Song beginning 'Mis an noc a tighinn gar ionnsuidh, A dh urachadh dhuibh na Callaig' [Cairioll Callaig or Hogmanay Carol] collected from Duncan MacLellan, crofter, Càrnan/Carnan, South Uist [Uibhist a Deas].
Song beginning 'Mise noc a tin gar n ion', 17 January 1874
Song collected from Duncan MacLellan, clachair [mason], Càrnan/Carnan, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, beginning 'Mise noc[hd] a ti[ghin]n gar n ion[nsuidh], Dh ur[achadh] dhuibh na Callaig' [Cairioll Callaig or Hogmanay Carol]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Song beginning 'Nail i bho ho i, thoir liom gin a hi', 28 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Song beginning 'O haoirir i ho ho' and accompanying story, 7 April 1869
Song beginning 'Och nan och mar tha mi fhein', 27 May 1869
Song collected from Mary MacMillan, Lionacuidhe/Liniquie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Och nan och mar tha mi fhein, Mun coga[dh] treun gun m uc[hd] ri arm'. The song is composed of eight lines some of which have annotations or amendments. A note states that there are eight verses to the song.
Song beginning 'S fhada bho m fhin bonn Bein eadura' and vocabulary note, 29 October 1872
Song beginning 'S fhada bho m fhin bonn Bein[n] eadura, S fhada bho m fhin bho m fhi[n] etc' [Colann gun Cheann]. The song is composed of eleven lines including instructions for repetition. The vocabulary note reads 'Caoin = The air of a song'. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Song beginning 'Tha aicead an chri' and accompanying vocabulary note, 18 September 1890
Song collected from Mary Currie, Meall, S Lochboisdale [Am Maol, Ceann a Deas Loch Baghasdal/ South Lochboisdale, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Tha aicead an chri, O fhogh a bhais'. The song is composed of fifty-one lines. The vocabulary note reads ' Taiteal Aiteal = sight'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.