Raasay Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Song entitled 'Tighearn Og Lochabuidhe' and accompanying note, nd
Song entitled 'Tighearn[a] Og Lochabuidhe' beginning 'Chi mi dol seachad, Air each 's e na leum'. The song is composed of thirty-two lines arranged as twelve verses of couplets and it appears that the chorus is given twice with the main difference being in the vocables. Carmichael notes 'Probably by the wife of [-] Macleod of Rararsay [Ratharsaidh/Raasay] who had been his dairymaid. She made an excellent wife.'
Story about Nighean Mhic Gillechalum Rarsay, 23 March 1871
Story probably collected from John Pearson or John MacPherson, Ceanntangabhal/Kentangaval, Barraigh/Isle of Barra, Historical tale about NIghean Mhic Gillechaluim Rarsay or the daughter of MacLeod of Raasay/Ratharsair, who drowned a ship through witchcraft. Aged only 18, she was bled to death by her two brothers, both doctors, at her father's request, on the grounds that she was 'worse than Nic a Phie Cholasay' [MacPhee of Colbhasa/Colonsay. The brothers afterwards went to India.