Identifier Number |
NS004005 |
Title |
Mo Mhallachd-sa gu siorraidh |
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First Line Verse |
Mo mhallachd-sa gu siorruidh air cailleach ’Heran |
Classifications |
Complaint , Local events and characters , Satire |
Subjects |
Woman , Ms Ahearn |
Structure |
Four line verse |
Place Of Origin |
Nova Scotia |
Composer First Name |
Neil |
Composer Last Name |
MacVicar |
Composer Patronymic |
Neil Ruadh |
Composer Dates |
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Composer Gender |
Male |
Community |
Sydney |
County |
Cape Breton |
Era Of Poetry |
c. 1831 |
Original Format |
Manuscript |
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Date Recorded |
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Collector |
Charles Dunn |
Collection Title |
Dunn Collection |
Collection Location |
Harvard University |
Collection Number |
18087 , Box # 6 , Folder # 3 |
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Notes 1 |
"A Ms. Ahearn ran boarding house in Sydney at what is now 90 Esplanade." |
Notes 2 |
"For part of the summer of 1831 there boarded in this house a family of Highland immigrants fresh from the old sod. The head of the family, a poet of no mean ability, related some of his experiences there in a lenghty poem, of which the verses following are a fragment. They may be of some interest to those who know the language of Eden:--" |
Notes 3 |
"J. G. MacKinnon Old Sydney, pp. 90-1." |
Notes 4 |
"Probably by Neil Ruadh (MacVicar) (1) My curse for ever on the old Ahern woman. That’s where a beast is right in the middle of the town. She practically took my soul and portion from me in exchange for a bite to eat and a place to stay." |