Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist

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Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist is an influential ethnographic collection preserving the traditional Gaelic songs, stories, and cultural life of the South Uist community in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
ethnographic collection ⓘ
folklore collection ⓘ
aim documentation of folklore ⓘ
preservation of traditional Gaelic songs ⓘ
recording of cultural life in South Uist ⓘ
associatedWith Outer Hebrides ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic community ⓘ
South Uist ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
culturalContext Outer Hebrides island culture ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic tradition ⓘ
fieldOfStudy anthropology ⓘ
ethnomusicology ⓘ
folkloristics ⓘ
focusesOn South Uist community life ⓘ
cultural practices ⓘ
local legends ⓘ
traditional Gaelic songs ⓘ
traditional narratives ⓘ
genre ethnography ⓘ
folklore studies ⓘ
musicology ⓘ
hasComponent cultural descriptions ⓘ
folklore narratives ⓘ
folksong texts ⓘ
hasForm ethnographic commentary ⓘ
narrative texts ⓘ
song transcriptions ⓘ
importance key documentation of Hebridean Gaelic culture ⓘ
major source on South Uist oral tradition ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
placeOfFocus South Uist ⓘ
region Outer Hebrides ⓘ
subject Gaelic culture ⓘ
Gaelic folksongs ⓘ
customs and beliefs ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
timePeriodDocumented traditional rural South Uist society ⓘ
usedIn Celtic studies ⓘ
Gaelic language studies ⓘ
ethnomusicology research ⓘ
folklore research ⓘ

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Margaret Fay Shaw → notableWork → Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist ⓘ