Pìobaireachd agus mnathan-tuireim.
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
02 October 1976
Track ID
108648
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1976.186.B3
Original Tape ID
Summary
Piping and keening women.
Pipers still [1976] play at funerals, although only occasionally. This was common in Kentangaval in the contributor's youth.
The contributor speaks about keening women. When a MacNeil died, they would lament and praise him, hurling themselves to the ground. She does not know any of the verses they used. Some women were paid for this. Keening was always done by women.
Item Notes
The contributor heard this from her parents, who were glad it stopped. Her father could remember the keening women.
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good