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Ach a Mhairead nan Cuiread

Date 14 March 1953
Track ID 75145
Part 1
Part 2

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.27.6

Original Tape ID

SA1953.026.029

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

Transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (John L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1981) p. 100
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 100

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - Benbecula

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good