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Cailean Siosal

C脿rn-cuimhne nan Siosalach 漏 Gordon Brown

Rugadh Cailean Siosal ann an Liath-doire, ann an Gleann Canaich, ann an 1806. Ann an teaghlach de 11 mic agus 4 nighean, b鈥� e Cailean bu shine. Sa bhliadhna 1835, chaidh e a dh鈥檕bair do Sheirbheis na Cusbainn ann an Poll a' Ghr霉thain. Dh鈥檉huirich e an sin gu 1842, nuair a chaidh a ghluasad gu Lunnainn.

Bha Cailean gl猫 e貌lach air E貌ghann MacColla, b脿rd Loch F矛ne, a bh鈥� air gluasad a Chanada, agus bha e cuideachd e貌lach air an sgr矛obhaiche Iain MacCoinnich a dheasaich S脿r Obair nam B脿rd G脿idhealach. [Mackenzie, John. ed., 1907. S脿r Obair nam B脿rd G脿idhealach. Edinburgh: John Grant]

Nuair a chaidh e a Lunnainn, chaidh Cailean Siosal an s脿s ann an Comann G脿idhlig Lunnainn. An sin, fhuair e e貌las air Seumas Logan, 霉ghdar Albannach a sgr矛obh an leabhar The Scottish Gael (1831). B鈥� e Cailean Siosal an Ceannard a bh鈥� air Comann G脿idhlig Lunnainn eadar 1869 agus 1876, nuair a dh鈥檉h脿g e Lunnainn. Chaidh e an uairsin a dh鈥橧nbhir Nis, far an robh e na bhall de Chomunn G脿idhlig Inbhir Nis. Mun 脿m seo, sgr矛obh e p脿ipearan mu bh脿rdachd, eachdraidh, cor s貌isealta nan daoine agus dualchas air Gh脿idhealtachd a tha air am foillseachadh anns na Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness.

Air 11mh M脿rt 1885, rinn e 貌raid mu ph脿ipear a sgr矛obh e fh猫in, Old Gaelic Songs, with Illustrative Traditions. Anns an d脿 earrainn a leanas, chithear gun deach d猫iligeadh ri measgachadh m貌r de chuspairean:

鈥淒onull Gobha was at a wedding in Comar, Strathglass, where the elite of the neighbourhood were assembled. In the evening, after having enjoyed themselves to their heart's content, the guests were wending their way home, when by accident or design the brother of the bridegroom, Iain Mac-Th貌mais, appeared to a party of the young men, and soon had them inside a sabhal feoir, where he tapped a cask of genuine Ferintosh whisky. Their drinking cup was a two-handled wooden cog (meadar cluasach), which was charged and sent round and round again and again until, as Donull Gobha avos in the following couplets, their vision was so much increased that they saw the handles of the cog getting longer and longer, the hoops doubling, and their good opinion of themselves immensely elevated at each successive round of the magic cog!

Dh猫anainn s霉gradh ris an nighinn duibh,
Agus 猫irigh anns a' mhadainn.
听 听 听Dh猫anainn, etc.

Iain 'ic Th貌mais 's Dhaibhidh,
Thug thu c脿l dhuinn nach robh againn.
听 听 听Dh猫anainn, etc.

Cha b' e glaine bheag no str霉bag,
Thug thu dhuinn ach cupa' maide.
听 听 听Dh猫anainn, etc.

H-uile strachd rachadh mun cuairt dheth
Ch矛te chluas a' f脿s na b' fhaide.
听 听 听Dh猫anainn, etc.

'N 脿ite cearcaill ch矛t' a dh脿 air,
Barail 脿rd a bha f脿s againn.
听 听 听Dh猫anainn, etc.

听

Cailean Siosal
漏 Highland Council's Am Baile website

鈥淎s it is now getting late, and the time for us to wend our way homewards, I will conclude with an altachadh laighe. In my young days in Strathglass the words of this altachadh were invariably the last words the people used after going to bed and before sleeping; and during the last 60 years I have never, on any night in my recollection, failed to say them myself:

An t-Altachadh Laighe

Laighidh mis' a-nochd
Le Moire 's le' Mac;
M脿thair mo R矛gh
Gam dh矛on bhon olc.
Laighidh mi le Dia.
'S laighidh Dia leam;
Cha laigh mi leis an olc,
Cha laigh an t-olc leam.
脠irigh mi le Dia
Mas ceadach le Dia leigeil leam.
Deas-l脿imh Dh猫,
A Chr矛osda, gun robh leam.
Bho throighean mo bhuinn
Gu mullach mo chinn
Guidheam Peadar, guidheam P貌l,
Guidheam Moire 貌igh agus a Mac,
Guidheam air an d脿 Ostal deug
Gun mise dhol eug a-nochd.
A Chr矛osda chumhachdaich na gl貌ire,
A mhic na h-脪ighe as glaine c霉rsa,
Seachain sinn bho thaigh nam pian,
Tha gu h-矛osal, dorcha, d霉inte.
Fhad 's a bhios a' cholainn na cadal
Biodh an t-anam air bharraibh na f矛rinn
An co-chomann nan Naomh. Amen.鈥�

[Chisholm, Colin, 1884-85. Old Gaelic Songs. Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Vol XI.]