Identifier Number NS022095
Title Othail Na Samhna
Alternative Title
Air Nic Coiseam (Duncan Ban)
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Ho ro , fire-faire , 's ann tha'n deisealachd 's an t-uallach
Classifications Local events and characters , Praise
Subjects Halloween , Customs
Structure Four line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Kenneth A.
Composer Last Name Fergusson [Ferguson ]
Composer Patronymic Coinneach Néill mhic Dhòmhnaill , Coinneach A. MacFhearghuis
Composer Dates 1877 - 1928
Composer Gender Male
Community L' Ardoise Highlands
County Richmond
Era Of Poetry c. 1920's
Original Format Publication
Singer Mae Cameron
Singer Location Sydney , 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 193
Online Access
Notes 1 Fear na Ceilidh , Vol. 1 , p. 59
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