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Earsary Barra Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Song entitled 'Is Toileom S Toileam', November 1870

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/7
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Is Toileom S Toileam' collected from Iain MacNeill [John MacNeil], age 76, crofter, Eirsearaidh, Barraidh [Earsairidh/Earsary, Barraigh/Barra] on 6 November 1870 beginning 'Ho hi run ho hi u o, 'S toileam 's toileam'.

Dates: November 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Thig A Mhoire Mhios Na Bo', 28 September 1885

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/47
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Thig A Mhoire Mhios Na Bo' collected from Christina MacDonald née MacNeill, wife of Ruaraidh Mor Earsary, Barra [Earsairidh, Barraigh] beginning 'Thig a Mhoire mhios (ghios?) na bosa' or 'Thig a Mhoire mhios (ghios?) mo bho'. The text of the first verse and informant's details have been scored through in pencil and additions have been made to the text in both ink and pencil.

Dates: 28 September 1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael