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Àirighean an Colbhasa.

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Date 30 July 1953
Track ID 5408
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.120.7

Original Tape ID

SA1953.120

Summary

Sheilings in Colonsay.

There were not many sheilings in Colonsay. The women went to the hill every day to milk the cows and returned with the milk. This custom stopped in the contributor's mother's lifetime. A shepherd always tended the herd.

Item Notes

Transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies.

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Colonsay and Oronsay

Island - Colonsay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair