| Identifier Number | NS030004 |
| Title | Oran a Chota |
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| Air | Briogais Mhic Ruairi |
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| First Line Verse | An cota 'fhuair Mairtin bho Uisdean na Leceadh |
| Classifications | Local events and characters |
| Subjects | Coat |
| Structure | Four line verse |
| Place Of Origin | Nova Scotia |
| Composer First Name | Donald |
| Composer Last Name | MacLellan |
| Composer Patronymic | Dòmhnall Gobha |
| Composer Dates | 1807 - 1890 |
| Composer Gender | Male |
| Community | Grand Mira |
| County | Cape Breton County |
| Era Of Poetry | |
| Original Format | Publication |
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| Collector | Vincent A. McLellan |
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| Publication Title | Fàilte Cheap Breatainn |
| Editor | Vincent A. McLellan |
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| Publication Date | 1891 (1933) |
| Page Number | 7 |
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| Notes 1 | On a rainy day one of the neighbours, who had been away from home, borrowed a coat from another man whose Christian name was Uisdean, and who lived near a place called Malchus. A few days afterwards the borrower of the coat went to return it. On his way he had occasion to call in a certain house which was a little distance off the road. He left the coat on the roadside while he went to the house. When he returned the coat was gone - a man by the name of MacAdhamh having picked it up, thinking it had been lost by somebody. As a matter of course, the borrower was exceedingly disturbed at the disappearance of the coat, hence the song. |
| Notes 2 | Donald Gobha was born in Glenelg, Morar, Scotland on April 3rd 1807. He emigrated to Nova Scotia with his father in 1819. They settled at the South West River, Margaree. Donald apprenticed as a blacksmith and learned French. He subsequently settled in Strathlorne, Inverness County, where he raised a large family of five sons and four daughters with his wife Mary MacIsaac. He moved to Grand Mira in 1868 and died there in 1890. |
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