Mnathan a' caoineadh aig tiodhlacaidhean.
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
November 1964
Track ID
23596
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1964.78.A5
Original Tape ID
Summary
Keening women at funerals.
In days of clan chiefs, women were paid to keen at their funerals. They wailed and beat themselves against the ground and praised him. They followed the coffin to the grave.
Anecdote about a woman who came upon a funeral unexpectedly. She began to keen in the hope of getting paid, but the mourners ignored her. Keening stopped in Barra when the MacNeils sold their land.
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good