Ach a Mhairead nan Cuiread
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
14 March 1953
Track ID
75145
Part 1
Part 2
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.27.6
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
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
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good