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Na Samhlaidhean

Date
Track ID 44109
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1974.174.B13

Original Tape ID

SA1974.174

Summary

Sorley MacLean reads his own poem, 'Na Samhlaidhean'. He tells how this poem was composed in his sleep, a few days after hearing bad news. He awoke at around three o'clock in the morning and quickly wrote down two poems. He never changed a word of them.

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good