Identifier Number NS001007
Title Rannan do Rodan
Alternative Title Caineadh an Rodain
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First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Tha rodan odhar, biastail
Classifications Satire
Subjects rat
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Scotland
Composer First Name Tormod
Composer Last Name Dòmhnallach
Composer Patronymic
Composer Dates 20th century
Composer Gender Male
Community Valtos
County Isle of Skye
Era Of Poetry 20th century
Original Format Newspaper Clipping
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Collection Title Gaelic Song Clippings
Collection Location Beaton Institute
Collection Number MG 6. 22 f1
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Online Access https://beatoninstitute.com/mg-6-22-6-22-1
Notes 1 An Gaidheal, 41 (1945-1946), 110-111.
Notes 2 Tormod Dòmhnallach a minister in Catalone in the 1930s.
Notes 3 The description accompanying the song states that it was a common belief amoungst the old people that if you sang a song of dispraise to a rat, the rat would leave.
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