Cailleach Mhòr Stadhlaigh
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
July 1953
Track ID
8025
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.153.2
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a humorous and satirical song, directed at those who believed in ghosts. In it, the bard tells of meeting the Old lady of Stadhlaigh, a very big and ugly ghost which he fights.
Item Notes
Four verses and choruses sung.
The fight is described in great detail in the full text. The song was composed by Iain MacMhathain (Iain mac Choinnich 'ic Fhearchair) of North Uist, who was well known as a composer of hymns.
See:
'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' no. 38, p. 513
Item Subject/Person
Cailleach Mhòr Stadhlaigh
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good