Laoidh Fhraoich
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Title - Laoidh Fhraoich
Contributors - Rev. William Matheson
Reporters - James Ross
Item Person - Fraoch
Summary - A Fingalian ballad. Both Maeve and her daughter were in love with Fraoch. Maeve became very jealous and decided to kill Fraoch. She feigned illness and asked Fraoch to bring her berries from a magic rowan tree, but she then asked him to go back to fetch a branch-full, pulled up from the roots. In an attempt to retrieve them he was attacked by a monster and mortally wounded, but not before he killed the monster with the knife given to him by Maeve's daughter.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:02:05
Date Recorded - 1958.12.19
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Song
Collection - School of Scottish Studies
Track ID - 88050
Original Tape ID - SA1958.164
Original Track ID - SA1958.164.A1
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R
Item Notes -
Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/88050/1
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Contributors - Rev. William Matheson
Reporters - James Ross
Item Person - Fraoch
Summary - A Fingalian ballad. Both Maeve and her daughter were in love with Fraoch. Maeve became very jealous and decided to kill Fraoch. She feigned illness and asked Fraoch to bring her berries from a magic rowan tree, but she then asked him to go back to fetch a branch-full, pulled up from the roots. In an attempt to retrieve them he was attacked by a monster and mortally wounded, but not before he killed the monster with the knife given to him by Maeve's daughter.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:02:05
Date Recorded - 1958.12.19
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Song
Collection - School of Scottish Studies
Track ID - 88050
Original Tape ID - SA1958.164
Original Track ID - SA1958.164.A1
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R
Item Notes -
Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/88050/1
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