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Booklet containing Gaelic verse, in the hand of Dugald MacNicol., ca. 1817

 Item
Identifier: Acc.2152/33

Scope and Contents

Booklet in octavo format, not stitched and without binding. 16 leaves, not all cut, the first 4 and the last 2 blank. Paper dated 1817. Probably written by Dugald MacNicol.

With the exception of the last item, the contents are the same as in Acc.2152/34, of which the present manuscript is a neater copy.

Contains 4 lines headed "By the Earl of Mar the night he was at Obirin's house; verses headed "Aultich an t'snaosain", beginning 'Failt ort fein a Bhogais'; a collection of satires of Aonghas nan Aoir, with introductory text in English that explains why Aonghas was never "known to have said good of any person"; a death song ascribed to Iain Mac Gillivray, piper to Glenaladale, beg. ''S bochd n iomagain seo shlat mi'.

Described in Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts' vol. 1, p. 335.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1817

Creator

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Extent

1 Volumes

Language of Materials

Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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