Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Mar a bha cisteachan-laighe air an dèanamh, air an dubhadh,...
Contributors - John MacNeill
Reporters - Mary MacDonald

Summary - Information about how coffins were made, stained, polished and lowered into the ground.

Information about how the contributor's father made coffins. He stained the coffin with a mixture made from burnt wood shavings and water. It was then polished. Eventually, shop-bought wood stain was used. The coffin was lowered into the grave with ropes; it had no handles.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:03:10
Date Recorded - 1970.08
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 66543
Original Tape ID - SA1970.162
Original Track ID - SA1970.162.A4; A5
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R



Recording Location:
  County - Inverness-shire
  Parish - Barra
  Island - Barra


Item Location:
  County - Inverness-shire
  Parish - Barra
  Island - Barra

Item Notes -

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/66543/1


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