Thàinig mis an taobh seo
Horo laoi o
Dh’ ùrachadh na Callain
Ho ro la ri o
Thug mi timcheall air an àrd-ruit [àrd-doras]
Ho …
'S teàrn[aidh] mi aig an doras –
Ho …
Caisein Call[ainn] na mo phoc[aid]
Ho …
’S math an ceò [a thig o’n fhear ud…]
They gave the Cais[ei]n Call[ai]g to the wife & if she took it they got some. If she was churlish & refused they went out & went with a mol[lachd] an tighe.
To mark the Old New Year, a fragment of a ‘Duan Challainn’ given to Carmichael by Mary MacPherson, the Skye poetess Màiri Mhór nan Òran, on 19 March 1891.
Ìomhaigh: Màiri Mhór nan Òran
Tagairt: LS CW 108 fo.25.
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