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A Phiùthrag 's a Phiuthar

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1952.38.A3

Original Tape ID

SA1952.038

Summary

In this song a woman trapped in a fairy hill is making an appeal to her sister, and speaking of the place in which she is imprisoned.

Item Notes

Recorded in the Phonetics Department at Edinburgh University. Text transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) p. 136
'Òrain-luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 4
'Carmina Gadelica' V p. 52

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good