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Laoidh Fhraoich

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Title - Laoidh Fhraoich
Contributors - Rev. William Matheson
Reporters - Thorkild Knudsen

Summary - These two quatrains are from the Ossianic Ballad known as 'Laoidh Fhraoich' which tells how Maeve sent Fraoch to get a branch from a rowan tree which was guarded by a monster. The lines have been sung in order to demonstrate the tune.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:00:48
Date Recorded - 1963.11
Language - English, Gaelic
Genre - Song, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 32702
Original Tape ID - SA1963.097
Original Track ID - SA1963.97.B8
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R



Recording Location:
  County - Midlothian
  Parish - Edinburgh
  Village - Edinburgh

Item Notes - Recorded in the School of Scottish Studies. 2 quatrains sung.
Cf. 'Patrick MacDonald Collection' no. 121
See also:
'Leabhar na Fèinne' (J. F. Campbell) pp. 29 - 33

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