Waulking songs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW107
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing an essay entitled 'Bards and Bardism of the Highlands'; some notes on archaeology in Barra [Barraigh], Vatersay [Bhatarsaigh] and Sandray [Sanndraigh]; Fenian songs and poems; songs and poems relating to the MacDonalds; and a story entitled 'Prince Charlie's Pipe' mostly collected from South Uist [Uibhist a Deas] and Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla].
Dates:
1864-1869
Waulking song beginning 'Heillean us ho ro', October 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/3
Scope and Contents
Waulking song collected from Peigi Ròbastan [Peggy or Margaret Robertson], Howmore [Tobha Mòr, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Heillean us ho ro A Phiuar nan run, a bha tin'. The song has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
October 1870