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Cailleach Mhòr Stadhlaigh

Date
Track ID 1625
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1975.157.B2

Original Tape ID

SA1975.157

Summary

This song is a satire directed at those who believed in ghosts, and describes an encounter with a particularly big and ugly phantom old woman.

Item Notes

Ian Matheson, who composed this song, was known as a hymn composer. For a long text, see 'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' 38, p. 514.

Item Subject/Person

Cailleach Mhòr Stadhlaigh

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Berneray

Parish - Harris

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good