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Obair na ceilp.

Date c. 1959
Track ID 41173
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.24.B7; B8

Original Tape ID

SA1960.024

Summary

Kelp work.

Kelp workers had sheilings. They spent between four and six weeks there. The kelp was burnt and taken by horse and cart to Lochboisdale to be weighed. At one time they made troughs and used iron when burning the kelp. Latterly, it was burnt on the ground. Hay for the horses cost a groat per day. The contributor remembers when people stayed at the sheilings. They stopped after the First World War.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good