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Tha Mulad, Tha Mulad

Date 29 March 1951
Track ID 60402
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW000C

Original Tape ID

CW000C

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

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good