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Clò MhicIlleMhìcheil

Contributors
Date 2003
Track ID 96812
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

MOD 2003 001

Summary

This waulking song relates the pounding of the cloth with the treatment which will be meted out to the redcoats when the Jacobites rise up in rebellion again following the Battle of Culloden. Places from which those attending the 'waulking' are listed. [The waulking is a euphemism for the rebellion.]

Item Notes

Recorded at the Royal National Mòd. Composed by Alexander MacDonald (Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair).

Recording Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Kilmore and Kilbride

Village/Place - Oban

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Cd

Audio Quality

Good