Tha Mulad, Tha Mulad
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
29 March 1951
Track ID
60402
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW000C
Original Tape ID
Summary
The main lines of this waulking song are addressed to 'Margaret of the Wiles' who has slandered the composer. The composer compares her own house where venison is eaten, to that of her accuser, where only the heads and bones of fish can be found.
Item Notes
Recorded during a genuine waulking or luadhadh.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' Vol. 3 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1981) p. 100
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 117
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Village/Place - Gerinish (West Gerinish)
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good