| Sgioba Luaidh Inbhirchluaidh Gaelic Waulking Songs |
| L� Milleg�raidh |
| E ho ro ho ro ho �N cuimhne leibh O hi ri ri hi ri ho ro ho L� na h-Airde? E ho ro ho ro ho Na �n l� eile, / Milleg�raidh? Bha fir an sin / air dhroch c�radh, An druim fodhp� / �s am buinn bh�n ris. �S ioma bean bhochd / bha gu cr�idhteach, �S i gun mhac ann / �s i gun bhr�thair, Gun duine ann a / ghabhadh b�igh dhi. �S mo mhollachd sin / aig Clann R�naill. |
Do you remember the day of the Aird? Or that other / of Millegaraidh? Men were there / in a sad condition, lying on their backs / showing the white soles of their feet. Many a woman / was sorely grieving, missing a son, / missing a brother, with no husband / to show her affection. My curse / on Clanranald! |
| This is a powerful lament for those killed in the sixteenth century Battle of Waternish in Skye. The story is that in retaliation for the Eigg massacre (see the song �S trom an d�readh) the Clanranald MacDonalds invaded MacLeod lands in Skye near Trumpan on the Waternish peninsula. They set fire to the church filled with worshippers. When the MacLeods gathered, there was a ferocious battle, and the MacDonalds were defeated. They made a last stand with their backs to a dyke. There were so many dead that they were buried by having the dyke pushed over on top of them. The battle is also known as Milleadh G�raidh (the Destruction of the Dyke). Sgioba Luaidh use it as part of our Feuds, Fights and Fairies song series. The source is Frances Tolmie's collection: One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation |
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| Not much to look at now, but the famous Fairy Flag of the MacLeods is said to have brought them victory in the battle of Waternish. |