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Cànan nan Eun

Date 03 August 1950
Track ID 25889
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0098C.416

Original Tape ID

CW0098C

Summary

These are little rhymes which imitate the speech of birds, including the thrush, the lark, the crow, the seagull and the dove.

John, son of little Gille Mhoire
Come home!
Why?
To your dinner?
To what dinner?
Oatcakes and whey with it.

Item Notes

Recorded by the Barra Folklore Committee.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Barra

Parish - Barra

Village/Place - Castlebay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Verse

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good