Duan na Callaig
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
November 1966
Track ID
57790
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1966.064
Original Tape ID
Summary
A Hogmany custom. This yearly custom was held in the first week of the New Year. The boys would dress up with masks made of wool, women's clothing, etc., and go from house to house collecting food and money for a party. Inside each house they would walk around the fire about seven times. The leader would wear a hard calfskin and recite a rhyme, whilst the others beat the skin with tongs. The rhyme is recited.
Item Location
County - Ross and Cromarty
Island - Lewis
Recording Location
County - Ross and Cromarty
Island - Lewis
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good