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Fiosrachadh mu dheidhinn seann bhainnsean aig an robh an fhi...

Date 04 June 1971
Track ID 47481
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1971.082

Original Tape ID

SA1971.082

Summary

Information about old-style weddings the contributor attended.

The contributor discusses an old-style wedding he attended in Balemartin. He and three other boys went along. There was a dance in the barn where the wedding feast tables were laid out. An old woman kept giving them hens. When they went home they had amassed enough to feed them for two or three days.

The dance was held after the wedding and continued until midnight. It was followed by another feast and then there was more dancing until morning. The ministers attended the feast and said grace. They went home after that. They wouldn't take a drink.

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Tiree

Island - Tiree

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good