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Bainnsean agus dannsaichean.

Date September 1978
Track ID 106279
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1978.83.B3; SA1978.83.B4

Original Tape ID

SA1978.083

Summary

Weddings and dances.

The contributor describes weddings of old. There was dancing in the barn. People were singing. He remembers two very good dancers at a wedding. He also remembers another woman dancing in the schoolhouse. He names the dances common then: Eightsome reels, Scotch reels, Quadrilles, Lancers, Strip the Willow, etc.

People learned dancing by dancing on the road, and music was provided by playing tunes using comb and paper. There is some further general discussion about dancing, and the instruments used.

Polkas were danced. The island kept up with fashions elsewhere.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Harris

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Harris

Island - Berneray

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good