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Mar a thog am fiosraiche na sgeulachdan agus na h-òrain aige...

Date 1972
Track ID 71186
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1972.35.A2

Original Tape ID

SA1972.035

Summary

The source of the contributor's tales and songs.

The contributor tells how he got the many tales and songs in his repertoire. He got a lot of his tales when he was at sea with Gaelic speakers and also when he was in the war with Uist men. He names some of the people who were at sea with him and also local men who had trained with him in the Scouts and were with him in the war.

He also learned a number of songs which they sang when waulking and spinning. He names some great storytellers who lived in Grimsay in his young days.

Item Subject/Person

Moireasdan, Pàdruig

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - North Uist

Island - Grimsay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good