Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - O hùg o, Chailleach Chrùbach
Contributors - Anna MacDougall
Reporters - Dr John Lorne Campbell

Summary - This waulking song lampoons a lame old woman in a very comical manner, telling of how she is deceitful amongst other things.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:00:34
Date Recorded - 1937.07.24
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Song
Collection - National Trust for Scotland

Track ID - 40457
Original Tape ID - box_01_D04-B
Original Track ID - CDC.1.2
Audio Quality - Fair
Audio Format - Disc



Recording Location:
  County - Inverness-shire
  Parish - Barra
  Island - Barra

Item Notes - 8 lines with refrain (1st line repeated). Copied from Ediphone Wax Cylinder recorder.
It is part of a argument in verse between Nic Iain Fhinn from Barra and Nic a' Mhanaich from Uist.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs Vol. 2 (John L. Campbell / F. Collinson eds., 1977) pp 113 - 121

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/40457/1


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