Interview with Catherine MacKellaig about Siod an coileach air a' sparr (The Cock Went To Roost)

Audio file

Date recorded: June 17, 1951 to June 19, 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: MacKellaig, Catherine; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: Gaelic, Scotland, Scottish
Setting: Probably the home of Catherine MacKellaig
Location: Onich, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3374
Track Number: 15
Archive ID: T3374R15
Transcript:
Belongs to: Onich 6/51
About the session: Recordings of Mrs. Catherine MacKellaig. Lomax describes her in his notes: "Nearly sixty, two children, brought up in Moidart, went away to Glasgow to work, met husband in Fort William (he came from same district), married end of first world war, settled in Fort William, then gamekeeper till '35 while son was in North Africa way, came and bought a teashop here in Onich."
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