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Murder

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW

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Song entitled 'Bron no Braon Binn' and accompanying notes, c1875 and 27 February 1894

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/72
Scope and Contents Song entitled 'Bron no Braon Binn' collected from Iain MacLeoid [John MacLeod], crofter, Iocar, Uist a chinne a deas [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Chunnaig Righ Breatun na shuain, An aona bhean a b. fhearr snuagh fo'n ghrein'. The song is composed of thirty-eight lines. Pencil annotations divide the song into nine verses. The accompanying note tells how the woman in the song was a ban-draoigh [druid] who wanted to kill Sior Falaich [Sir Gawain] so she put Righ Breatun to...
Dates: c1875 and 27 February 1894