Cailleach Mhòr Stadhlaigh
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
September 1975
Track ID
1625
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1975.157.B2
Original Tape ID
Summary
This song is a satire directed at those who believed in ghosts, and describes an encounter with a particularly big and ugly phantom old woman.
Item Notes
Ian Matheson, who composed this song, was known as a hymn composer. For a long text, see 'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' 38, p. 514.
Item Subject/Person
Cailleach Mhòr Stadhlaigh
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Harris
Island - Berneray
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good