Donnchadh Bàn agus a mhiann adharc gobhar fhaighinn airson c...
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Original Track ID
SA1963.25.5
Original Tape ID
Summary
Donnchadh Bàn and his desire to have a goat's horn as a sgian dubh handle.
The poet Donnchadh Ban often went on walks in Glen Orchy and he would stay with a shepherd by the name of Nicolson. Donnchadh Bàn would ask for the horn of a wild goat, to use as a handle on a sgian dubh, but the shepherd always refused. However, one day, the shepherd caught a he-goat, killed it and obtained a horn for Donnchadh. The two of them went to the smith to have a knife made. The smith refused payment, asking instead for Donnchadh to compose a poem for him. The contributor recites the verse and explains some of the vocabulary.
Item Subject/Person
Mac an t-Saoir, Donnchadh Bàn
Recording Location
County - Argyllshire
Item Location
County - Argyllshire
Parish - Glenorchy and Inishail
Village/Place - Glen Orchy
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good