Laoidh a' Choin Duibh
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
03 June 1958
Track ID
45572
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CannaOT.2
Original Tape ID
Summary
A Fingalian ballad 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 Fingalians to get their dogs to fight it. The black hound killed many dogs belonging to the Fingalians, but eventually it was killed by the dog Bran.
Item Notes
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 - Bornish
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good