Fairies
Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:
Song beginning 'Ille bhig Ilabhig hugaich o', 12 July 1870
Song collected from Mary MacRae, aged 95 years, Taobh Tuath/Northton, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris beginning 'Ille bhig Ilabhig hugaich o, Ruiraich o hugaich o'. The song is composed of twenty-seven lines and the text has been scored through in ink with the following text written transversely across it 'Transcribed into MS No II Page 123 30 Sep[tember]'. Written transversely next to the text is 'Oran Sì' [Òran Sìth or Fairy Song].
Song beginning 'Mara m ath[air] s mo mhath[air]' and accompanying story, 23 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Song beginning 'O haoirir i ho ho' and accompanying story, 7 April 1869
Song entitled 'Am bun a chrui', 29 August 1883
Song entitled 'Am bun a' chrui' beginning 'Am bun a chrui cha chaid[il] mi', probably collected from Mary Carmichael, aged 71, Druimavuic, Glencreran [Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. This song is about a maiden wooed by a fairy lover.
Song entitled 'Bean Shith', 21 September 1872 and 4 October 1875
Song entitled 'Bean Shith' [Bean Shìth] probably collected from Donald MacInnes, aged seventy four, Baile Gharbhaidh/Balgarva, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Mad ghual[lain] ghil agus leine, Mo leana[bh] curri cuirtleaseach'. Written transversely across the text in ink is 'Trans[cribed] Book II p. 338 4/10 1875 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'.
Song entitled 'Gorag', 1883
Song entitled 'Gorag' beginning 'Gorag nach deach thu dh Iain dubh' originally collected from John Cameron, crofter, Borve, Barra [Borgh, Barraigh] on 7 October 1868 at a bruth-sìth [fairy knoll] at Bruth-arnis [Bruairnis/Bruernish] in Barra where Creag Goraig is situated. Carmichael remarks that 'Cameron is full of old lore and is a good intelligent story-teller'.
Song entitled 'Oran Sì', 7 April 1869
Song entitled 'Oran Sì' beginning 'An caidreamh mo leanan falaich' probably collected from Peigi Robastan nee Nic a Leallain [Peggy or Margaret Robertson née MacLellan] Howmore [Tobha Mòr, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. Text has been scored through and over it is written 'Transcribed into No II Book p107 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'.