Identifier Number NS022067
Title A' Bhriogais Uallach
Alternative Title
Air Leis an osan ghuanach
First Line Chorus Leis a' bhriogais uallach ho ro mi
First Line Verse Chan eil slinn 's an duthaich , ho ro mi
Classifications Humorous , Local events and characters
Subjects Weaving , Tartan , Breeches
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Samuel
Composer Last Name Beaton
Composer Patronymic Somhairle Alasdair?
Composer Dates 1834 - 1913
Composer Gender Male
Community Skye Glen / Broad Cove
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer Lauchie Gillis
Singer Location Grand Mira , Cape Breton Co.
Date Recorded
Collector Donald A. Fergusson
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title Fad air Falbh às Innse Gall/Beyond the Hebrides
Editor Donald A. Fergusson
Publisher Lawson Graphics Atlantic
Publication Date 1977
Page Number 144
Online Access
Notes 1 Mac-Talla , VII , p. 328
Notes 2 Notes for this song state that the poet was from Broad Cove but it is likely that he was from Skye Glen and spent time working in the mines at Broad Cove.
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