Interview with Calum Johnston about 'S Tus' A' Chuibeheal

Audio file

Date recorded: July 13, 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Johnston, Calum; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: Gaelic, Scotland, Scottish
Instruments: voice
Setting: The home of Calum Johnston, 19 Bangholm Avenue
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3373
Track Number: 9
Archive ID: T3373R09
Note: Discussion of the spinning song " 'S Tus' A' Chuibeheal." Lomax asks Johnston for a translation, which he offers. Johnston described the song as "A lady singing a love song to her wheel, you might say."
Transcript:
Belongs to: Edinburgh III 7/51
About the session: Reminiscences, stories, songs and mouth music by Calum Johnston, his sister Annie Johnston, and Flora MacNeil. The box of T3427 was given the date September 20, 1950, and the location of Glasgow, but there is no further information anywhere that confirms Lomax's presence in Glasgow on that date with the Johnstons. All evidence suggests that the recordings on that tape (probably a later edit) were made during the July 1951 session, and have thus been included here.
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