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Chuir saor òrdag air toll ann am bàta nan Dòmhnallach airson...

Date 17 January 1960
Track ID 45898
Part 1
Part 2

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.32.B6+B7b

Original Tape ID

SA1960.032

Summary

A carpenter puts his thumb in a hole on the MacDonald's boat to keep the water out.

The MacDonalds were going to Ireland when the boat developed a leak. The carpenter who built the boat was on board. He put his thumb in the hole to keep out the water. His son was given the name Mac an t-Saoir [the carpenter's son]. Gille Padra Dubh was descended from that family. The carpenter is buried in Ardvaser in Skye.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good