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Mar a Thàinig an Guirmean a dh'Alba

Date 22 November 1949
Track ID 20665
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0009C.41

Original Tape ID

CW0009C

Summary

An orphan from Barra stowed away on a vessel bound for the Indies. The crew found him and left him there. Through his kindness he became wealthy, and bought an estate which grew woad. When the vessel returned, it was loaded up with woad. This is how woad first came to Scotland.

Item Notes

Recorded during cèilidh arranged by Mr Calum Maclean of the Irish Folklore Commission. Reporter's notes remark "The lighting failed during this story but it was resumed at the same point after we had moved into another building."

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - Benbecula

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good