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Snizort (parish) Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Fragment of a song beginning 'Is fada bh'uam fhin bonn Beinneadara', c1876

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/90
Scope and Contents

Fragment of a song probably collected in Uibhist /Uist beginning 'Is fada bh'uam fhin bonn Beinneadara, Is fhada gun teagabh uam Bealach a mhorghain' [Beinn Edra, Bealach a' Mhòramhain, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. The poem is composed of five lines the last of which is incomplete. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: c1876
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael