'S Olc an Obair do Theachdaire an Cadal
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
March 1938
Track ID
27084
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CDC.XXXV
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this song, a fairy woman tells a man that messengers should not sleep. She informs him that his wife is being laid out. She had died while he was away fetching a midwife.
Item Notes
5 lines sung. The story associated with this song tells how a man went to get a midwife for his wife in South Uist. Due to the tide, he could not get across the ford. While he waited there he fell asleep. He was woken by a fairy woman singing this song to him.
See:
Notes for Scottish Tradition Cassette Series (4), Calum and Annie Johnston (The School of Scottish Studies) p. 35
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Disc
Audio Quality
Fair