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Bealach a' Mhorghain

Date 21 February 1969
Track ID 57189
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1969.05.B5; B6

Original Tape ID

SA1969.005

Summary

Colonsay cattle ferried to Jura on the way to mainland markets.

Colonsay cattle were ferried from Scalasaig in Colonsay to Jura, then from Jura to Keills, from where drovers walked them to market in Falkirk. There were tales of drovers being robbed on their way home. The contributor's own grandfather went to Falkirk with cattle. She recites fragments of a song, 'Bealach a' Mhorghain', which her great-grandfather heard coming from the fairy hill while taking cattle to Jura.

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Colonsay and Oronsay

Island - Colonsay

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good