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In this waulking song, a girl tells of her sadness, as she climbs the mountain. She sees some nobles coming. Her lover is not with them. He is described as being a hunter.

The crofting year in parts of Lewis. The contributor explains the crofting year in parts of Lewis. Crops were rotated every year. Every house had seven or eight cows and their manure was used to f...

Making the foot-plough. The contributor gives a detailed description of how a foot-plough was made. He mentions many of the parts. A smith would be employed to make and fit the blade.

The loch of the water-horse. There is a loch in Barra called Loch an Eich-uisge [the loch of the water-horse]. This water-horse was once spotted, in the form of a man, by a girl. She saw a handsom...

In the chorus of this lullaby, a mother wishes that the men who have gone overseas will return. She reflects on the many misfortunes facing women. She is sad as she has been left with a child, but ...

Lullaby. In this song the composer sings of her love for her little child.

MacPhee of Colonsay had a beautiful daughter, and he would not let anyone marry her except the person who could jump over his gate on horseback. Clanranald was that person.

MacNeil of Barra once invited Clanranald to a feast, where he tried to impress upon his guest that he was wealthy. Clanranald however, found out that his host had come upon hard times.

This is a Gaelic lullaby. The mother sings of her love for her child, and states that other people are out gathering tangles.

In this little song, probably used as a clapping song, the composer asks who has taken her cow to Ireland. The cow came from Barra to Uist.