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An Gamhainn a bh' aig Eairdsidh

Date 1968
Track ID 42650
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1968.150.A2

Original Tape ID

SA1968.150

Summary

This comical song speaks of Eairdsidh's unusual stirk, telling how the animal was beautiful and how the drovers revered it. It preferred to eat anything apart from fodder. The song gives the animal a human personality in a very comical manner.

Item Notes

8 verses.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - North Uist

Island - North Uist

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - North Uist

Island - North Uist

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good