Cànan & CultarThis volume is a collection of proceedings from the third Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference held in Edinburgh in July 2004. The book includes papers on Scottish Gaelic history, language, literature, and culture from early Christian times to the present. In addition to Scotland, there is material relating to Ireland, Scandinavia, England, and Canada. Where papers are written in Gaelic, a detailed synopsis in English is included. |
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Pennant ( 2.5 ) also implies this custom to be common across the Highlands , and Smith ( 2.8 ) says that it was done in some parts of the Highlands . Ramsay ( 2.9 ) asserts that it was done until recent times in the western Highlands ...
Pennant ( 2.5 ) also implies this custom to be common across the Highlands , and Smith ( 2.8 ) says that it was done in some parts of the Highlands . Ramsay ( 2.9 ) asserts that it was done until recent times in the western Highlands ...
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Hall ( 2.12 ) also describes the dance as part of a merry wake , and Garnett ( 2.10 ) says that the ' dances may perhaps be intended as an expression of joy ' . A sense of cognitive dissonance breaks through in the descriptions of other ...
Hall ( 2.12 ) also describes the dance as part of a merry wake , and Garnett ( 2.10 ) says that the ' dances may perhaps be intended as an expression of joy ' . A sense of cognitive dissonance breaks through in the descriptions of other ...
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John Gregorson Campbell knew about the cock - fighting , but says it had died out by his day . ... As for the live burials , Carmichael says that a cockerel had to be sacrificed - or ' some say a pullet , buried alive near the junction ...
John Gregorson Campbell knew about the cock - fighting , but says it had died out by his day . ... As for the live burials , Carmichael says that a cockerel had to be sacrificed - or ' some say a pullet , buried alive near the junction ...
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Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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adjectives agus airson Alba animals appears bhith called century chaidh Chambers Chan eil complex composed concordance cuid cuideachd dance death dhèanamh Domhnaill eadar early English example faic fear formal prose gach Gaelic Gaels Gàidhlig genitive give given gu bheil gu robh Highlands Iain iarainn interesting Ireland Irish kings language leis lines Loch Lochlann material math mentioned modified nach nonconcordance noted noun nuair obair original perhaps phrase poem poetry position possible prepositional present printed reference registers relation robh says Scotland Scottish seems sinn sources speakers stad suggested Table term thaobh thug toirt tradition translation uair uile University variation wake writing
Bibliographic information
| Title | Cànan & Cultar Scottish Gaelic Studies Series |
| Editors | Wilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 1903765609, 9781903765609 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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