Laoidh a' Choin Duibh
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
11 January 1950
Track ID
24539
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0044B.208
Original Tape ID
Summary
A Fenian ballad or lay which tells the story of the Black Hound. Caoilte was out hunting on the hill one day when he met an ugly man with a black hound. The man wanted the Fenians to get their dogs to fight it. Tha black hound killed many dogs belonging to the Fenians, but eventually it was killed by the dog Bran.
Item Notes
18 linked quatrains sung.
See:
'Tocher' 25 (The School of Scottish Studies)
'Leabhar na Fèinne'(J. F. Campbell ed., 1872) p. 92
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Village/Place - Peninerine
Language
Gaelic
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good