Seinnidh sinn òrain-luaidh is mìnichidh sinn mun deidhinn. Bhiodh luadh air a dhèanamh le boireannaich, mar bu thrice, gus clò a neartachadh, agus dh’fhàs an obair mhòr seo na b’ fhasa le òrain. Am measg nan Albannach a chaidh a Chanada, bhiodh fireannaich ga dhèanamh cuideachd.

We will perform and explain about waulking songs, Orain Luaidh. Waulking was done usually by women to thicken tweed by shrinking it, and the lengthy task lightened by singing. Amongst Scots migrants to Canada, men would sing too.

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