Identifier Number NS010046
Title Meirleach nam Marag
Alternative Title
Air "Brigis Mhic-Ruari”
First Line Chorus Am faca sibh idir, no’n cuala sibh
First Line Verse Bha Iain ’na chadal gun smuairean air aigne
Classifications Local events and characters
Subjects Thief , Butter
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Alexander
Composer Last Name MacLean Sinclair
Composer Patronymic
Composer Dates 1840 - 1924
Composer Gender Male
Community
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry 1885
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title The Gaelic Bards of Antigonish
Editor Trueman Matheson
Publisher Sìol Cultural Enterprises
Publication Date 2014
Page Number 150
Online Access
Notes 1 Filidh na Coille, by the Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 1901, page 159.
Notes 2 John in this song is John MacIntosh from "Allt-an-aoil" (?) on Big River of Pictou (?)
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