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Warriors

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = CW

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Song beginning ['Gur beag mo dhu[i]l aire'] and accompanying story, 1873

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW105/33
Scope and Contents

Song beginning ['Gur beag mo dhu[i]l aire'] about a warrior and accompanying story. The song is noted as being sung by two [fairy] women on two sides of Gleann-chnabhadail [Gleann Crabhadail/Glen Cravadale, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] and was heard by Muracha mac Ruari [Murdo [MacRury]]. The chorus suggests it is a waulking song. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael