Identifier Number NS023067
Title Catriona Nigh'n Dughill
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Catriona nigh’n Dughill
Classifications Local events and characters , Praise
Subjects Singing , Songs , Sweet Voice
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Allan
Composer Last Name MacDonald
Composer Patronymic Ailean an Ridge , Ailean 'ic Alasdair 'ic Aonghais 'ic Alasdair Bhàin
Composer Dates 1794 - 1868
Composer Gender Male
Community Mabou , Upper South River
County Inverness , Antigonish
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector
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Collection Location
Collection Number Vol. 2. No. 13
Publication Title Mac-Talla
Editor Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publisher Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publication Date September 23 1893
Page Number 6
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/LIL/mactalla/2/13/6
Notes 1 Bha Ailain an Ridge, no a Mhaim, air oidhche araid ann an taigh Domhnullich am Mabu. Bha bean fear-an-taighe, Catriona nighean Dughill, a gabhail cronain do nighinn bhig a b’ ogha dh’ i agus i a feuchinn ri cur a chadal. Bha Ailain cho toilichte le binneas a gutha ’s gun do thoisich e air an oran na leaba. Bha an te dha ’n do rinneadh an t-oran, Catriona nighean Dhughill Chaimbail, de shliochd a Phiobaire Mhoir a bha sa Cheapich. Bha i na boirionnach gasda, measail.
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