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Cleachdaidhean ri linn bàis.

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1971.255.A10; B1

Original Tape ID

SA1971.255

Summary

Death customs.

Mention of cairn-building, with one or two examples given. Whilst a coffin was being carried to the graveyard, the procession would stop for refreshments. Folk would leave money in a house where there was a death. It was the neighbours who would guard the body before the day of burial.

Item Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Parish - Gairloch

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good