Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist - Hardcover

Shaw, Margaret Fay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0080324711 ISBN 13: 9780080324715

Publisher: Aberdeen Univ Pr, 1986

Synopsis

This compendium of photographs, stories, traditions and songs is an introduction to the world of the Gael and a memorial to a world now largely disappeared. It presents the rich tapestry of Gaelic life and culture in the words of the people who lived in and through that culture.

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret Fay Shaw's life spans a century of change. Leaving home and school in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia aged 16, she crossed to Scotland to spend a year at school near Glasgow. It was there that her love for Scotland was born. After studying music in New York and Paris, she returned to live for six years with two sisters in South Uist. Life on the island had changed little from previous centuries, and material comforts were few. But the island was rich in music and tradition, and Margaret Fay Shaw's collection of Gaelic lore and song are amongst the most important made this century, whilst her photography evocatively captures the aura of a vanished world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aberdeen Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0080324711
• ISBN 13: 9780080324715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 358