Identifier Number NS025027
Title Throd Mo Bhean, S Gun Throd i Rium
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Throd mo bhean, ’s gun throd i rium
Classifications Humorous , Flyting , Satire
Subjects Husband , Wife
Structure Four 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
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number Vol. 2, No. 2
Publication Title Mosgladh
Editor
Publisher Scottish Gaelic Society , Sydney, Nova Scotia
Publication Date March 1929
Page Number 6
Online Access https://novascotia.ca/archives/newspapers/archives.asp?ID=3420&Page=201207759&Language=
Notes 1 "According to the Ridge manuscripts, volume 2, p. 162 this song was made by Angus' grandfather, Allan the Ridge, "air dan mhnaoi a bhi diumach air chion a bhi ag ol" (to the women that were scolding him because he had been drinking)." See https://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/CB/15-05.htm
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