Identifier Number NS010003
Title Gearan Bean an Amadain air an Fear
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Air
First Line Chorus Ho gun sguir mi de thumadh an stòpain
First Line Verse Latha dhomh’ i ’bhi anmoch
Classifications Drinking , Humorous
Subjects Husband , Wife , Drinking , Scolding
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name John
Composer Last Name MacGillivray
Composer Patronymic Iain am Pìobaire
Composer Dates 1774 - 1848
Composer Gender Male
Community Malignant Brook
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry Pre 1848
Original Format Publication
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Publication Title The Gaelic Bards of Antigonish
Editor Trueman Matheson
Publisher Sìol Cultural Enterprises
Publication Date 2014
Page Number 11
Online Access
Notes 1 From: Mac-Talla, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Vol. 3, No. 8 (August 25, 1894), page 8. See also version in The Casket, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Vol. 40, No. 42 (November 5, 1891), page 4.
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