'Bu Deònach leam Tilleadh' from the recording 'Ceilidh at Mrs MacLean's house in Cape Breton'

DASG Audio Archive,Cluas ri Claisneachd, launched 27.08.2018

Òran Gràdh-dùthcha / Homeland Song - Bu Deònach Leam Tilleadh

'Òran a’ Bhotail' from the recording 'Songs from Angus MacIsaac and Mrs Patterson'

DASG Audio Archive,Cluas ri Claisneachd, launched 27.08.2018

Òran Òil / Drinking Song - Òran a’ Bhotail

Alisdair MacLeod telling fieldworker Tracy Chipman about courting on the isle of Scalpay.

Recorded in Scalpay in 1998.

DASG Audio Archive, Cluas ri Claisneachd, launched 27.08.2018

Courting on Scalpay

Mary MacRury telling Tracy Chipman a story about second sight.

DASG Audio Archive,Cluas ri Claisneachd, launched 27.08.2018

A Story of Second Sight

Donald MacDonald in conversation with Tracy Chipman about life growing up in Harris and singing some songs.
Local stories on singing, waulking Harris Tweed, housing, Halloween, Christmas, Hogmanay, peat-cutting, fishing, birth and death customs, courting, second sight, the evil eye and ghosts. Songs: Seann Dhuin’ Cha Ghabh Mi Idir; Mo Nighean Donn hò gù; Tha Fìdhlear air an Fhidill; Chì Mi ’n Tìr, Bu tu mo Nigheann Donn Bhòidheach; Nìghneag a’ Chùil Dhuinn.

Stories of life on Harris

Dachaigh airson Stòras na Gàidhlig // Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic

DASG - Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic

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