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Bàs is Adhlacadh / Death and Burial

Informant(s)
Name
Urquhart ( A. Urchardan )
Age
73
Origin
Geàrrloch (Loch Iubh) [Gairloch (Loch Ewe)]
Location
[Lewis], Steòrnabhagh [Stornoway]
Date
[3/1968 on the slips]
Notes
  • [NOTES: the words have been slipped and therefore, apart from the definitions provided by the informant, the definitions as they appear on the slips have also been included (unless the two were the same).]
a’ righeadh
bòrd-righidh
léine-mhairbh
ciste-laighe
caithrisfaire.
chaochail[NOTES: slipped under ‘caochail’. Definition: Never ‘bhàsaich’ for a person. chaochail, shiubhail, dh’falbh [sic].]
shiubhail[NOTES: slipped under ‘siubhal’. Definition: chaochail, shiubhail, dh’fhalbh. Never ‘bhàsaich’ for a person.]
dh’fhalbh[NOTES: slipped under ‘falbh’. Definition: chaochail, shiubhail, dh’fhalbh. Never ‘bhàsaich’ for a person.]
bhàsaichnever for a person. [NOTES: slip not found.]
[fuil]Ag cur a’ chuirp ’sa’ chiste cha bhiodh ann ach “na bha de’n fhuil” – is e sin am facal a chuala mi. [NOTES: slip not found.]
an carbad
an giùlanan carbad agus an luchd-giùlain. A’ dol a steach geata a’ chlaidh rachadh daoine a bhuineadh dha fo’n ghiùlan.
am fàileannùr fail cho fada ris an uaigh rachadh a chur air a h-uachdar. An rud mu dheireadh. “Dh’fhurich sinn gus an do chuir iad am fàilean air.”

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