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Iomradh air iasgach, sealg, leigheasan traidiseanta agus oba...

Date 1961
Track ID 79798
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1961.104.A

Original Tape ID

SA1961.103.104

Summary

An account of fishing, hunting, traditional cures and croft work.

The contributor gives an account of hunting seals and whales and the uses that people made of them. Traditional cures were made from the blubber. He discusses fishing, which was done from skiffs that were built on the island. They fished around the island and also on the East Coast. Birds were hunted on the Flannan Isles. He also talks about croft work, such as harvesting and the making of ropes.

Recording Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Parish - Uig

Island - Lewis

Village/Place - Miavaig

Item Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Parish - Uig

Island - Lewis

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Poor