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CA BI T-1112 · Item · June 17, 1975
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of Joe Neil MacNeil, Joe Allan Maclean and Dan MacNeil telling Gaelic stories and performing songs. Joe Neil discusses the death of Sister Margaret Beaton.

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Words on the Death of Sister Margaret Beaton

MacNeil, Joe Neil - "Duine a' spealad"

MacNeil, Joe Neil - "Bean an tuathanaich agus an nighean a' sniomh"

MacNeil, Joe Neil - "An te a ghoid an t-aodach"

MacLean, Joe Allan (Christmas Island, N.S) - "Mac IlleBhrath a' bhrocain..."

MacNeil, Dan - "A shealltainn a gruagaich..."

MacLean, Joe Allen - "Bas a' chogaidh..."

MacLean, Joe Allen - "Donnachadh Ban an tuathanach..."

MacNeil, Dan - "Nighean donn an t-sugraidh"

MacLean, Joe Allan - "Duan na ceardaich..." & history of the song

MacDonald, Mary Catherine "Kay"
CA BI T-1117 · Item · October 29, 1975
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of sgeulachdan and puirt-a-beul recited by Joe Neil MacNeil with one story from Dan MacNeil

MacNeil, Joe Neil - "Gille mor an tuathanaich" (sgeulachdan)

MacNeil, Dan - "Naigheachdan mu dheidhinn Alasdair MacCoinnich..."

MacNeil, Joe Neil - (Puirt a Beul) :

"Gur e teaghlach an fhidhleir"
"Ho ro far am biodh am 'ball'"
"Mairearaid mhor is lurach orra..."
"Feileag Bheag" (The Kilt is my Delight"
"Am ball a bh'anns an Oban" (The Ball that was in Oban)
"Bodachan a' Mhirean" (High Road to Linton"
"Ruidhle mo nighean donn..."
"Bideag air MacThomais" (Thompson's Son Wears a Dirk)
"Cuir 's a chiste mhor mi..."
"'Nuair dh 'eugas Mac 'Ic Iain..."
"Sud ort fhein, a'Mhic Iain Mhor, Sud an gaol a bh'agam ort..."
Mo ghille dubh..." (A man's a man for a' that)
"Brochan lom"
"Sioram sios, sioram suas..."
"Sud a rud a rinn thu, Seo a rud a rinn thu, Seo a rud a rinn thu..."
"Calum fidhlear 's Calum Tailleir.."
"Mac Iain Ghasda..." (Highland Laddie)
"Bheir deoch bhainne dh'an fhidhleir Thaillear"
"Mar a' fighe s'fhearr leam..."
"Ho ro cha teid mi tuille ann..." (In Back of the Change House)
"Domhnall a' tighinn 'gam thilleadh..." (Jackie Laddin)
"Domhnall gobhar 's boinnead air..." (Don Side)
"'S E Morag 's Domgnall..."
"Gillean an Drobhair: A h-uile dad ni mi 's fheudair dhomh innsidh..." (Drover Lads)
"Seumas MacSuain 's a leannan 's an ti..."
"Cha tig a latha theid mi dhachaidh gus faigh mi na caoraich..." (Jenny Dang the Weaver)
"Bhean a' chota bhain, bhean a chota bhuidhe..."
"Cota mor Ealasaid..."
"C'aite bheil thu...caora chrom.." (Ewe with the Crooked Horn)
"Tha laogh anns a..."
"Tha thu maol a ghaol a bhodaich..."
"Mhorag bheag nigh'n Mhurchaidh an T-Saor..."
"An oidhche bha na gobhar againn.." (The night we had the Goats)
"Banais Riobhach Mairi an Dotair..." (John Robertson's Rant)
"Slainnte an Taillear Bharraidh..."
"Baille Iain Raoghnuill.."
"Crodh laoigh nam bodach Gun feur gun fodar..."
"A mhairisteach an ogha..."
"O's aighearach a nochd a laidh leat..."
"Muileann dubh..."
"Ruidhle na coileach dubha's dannsa na tunnagan"

MacDonald, Mary Catherine "Kay"
CA BI T-1189 · Item · 1973
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of Gaelic songs and conversation with Joe Neil MacNeil and Dan MacNeil.

MacNeil, Dan and Joe Neil interviewed by Rosemary Hutchinson - Biographical sketch

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Story of Domhnall Ban at a wake...

MacNeil, Dan and Joe Neil interviewed by Rosemary Hutchinson - Story of two brothers who went fishing at Castle Bay

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Description of grinding wheat with a hand-mill

MacNeil, Dan - Fishing through the ice

MacNeil, Joe - Another story of fishing at Castle Bay

MacNeil, Dan - "Mu'n cuairt an drama"

MacNeil, Joe - Discussion on C.B. Bards

MacNeil, Dan - Song by Lauchie Currie (about working on cord wood)

MacNeil, Dan and Joe - Discusses ceilidhs in the old days

MacNeil, Dan - A tall story of a man losing his pipe

MacNeil, Joe - Discusses mining in the early days

MacNeil, Dan - Mining song: "Ithill iuthill agus o"

MacNeil, Joe - Recites part of the mining song "'S e Cuibhle na Dunach"

MacNeil, Dan - C.B. Song about two men courting the same girl: "Och mar tha mi"

MacNeil, Joe - Discusses winter in the early days, travelling etc.

MacNeil, Joe - Description of footwear in winter in the early days...mogans etc.

MacNeil, Joe - Working in winter

Hutchinson, Rosemary
CBC Radio "Fresh Air" 1982
CA BI T-2068 · Item · 1982
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Eddie MacPherson Middle River
Information on the "Yankees Line"
Transportation problems - snow plows, flooding of the river etc.
Birds in the area
Superstitions about birds, storms etc.

Robert Smith
Early industries at Middle River - grist mills, thrashing mills etc.
Lumbering in the 50's
Community life in the area

D.D. MacRae
Began farming in Middle River in 1980
Tells about moving to C.B., from Alberta

Georgina MacRae
Former R.N., worked with r. C.L. MacMillan
Tells about her nursing career in the area - traveling in all sorts of
weather
D.D. MacRae
The foot bridge they had to use to get Charles School, Middle River
The brige was 275 feet long, hung about 15 feet about the water
Lumbering in the area in the 50's
Social life in the area

Neil MacLennan Benacadie
A funny story about "bull beer"

Aggie MacLennan
How she learned to stepdance
Her brother John MacLean - a violinist and stepdancer
Describes a highlan wedding

Neil MacLennan
Gaelic his first language
His first teacher, Jessie MacKenzie
His expericences in the service, World War Two
The purposes of the C.B. Gaelic Society

Dan MacNeil
2 Songs - Copper and Silver (English) Ho Ro, 'S toil leam fhin thu
The old days, going to ceilihs
The old traing boats
Mary doucette Social like in the old days

CBC Radio
CA BI T-328 · Item · 1972
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of Joe Neil MacNeil, Jim Charlie Macneil, and Dan MacNeil exchanging Gaelic songs, stories and anecdotes.

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Where do you see the West?

MacNeil, Joe Neil - What was that story about a wise horse?

MacNeil, J.C. - Tell us a story about "A Mhein Ur"

MacNeil, J.C. - Peter lost his hook

MacNeil, Dan - Father appears to his son

MacNeil, Dan - Song: "Nionag a chul dhuinn, nach fhan thu"

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Priests's need of money

MacNeil, J.C. - It was the priest himself

MacNeil, Dan - You have a small barn

MacNeil, Joe Neil - What did you say about the mower's heavy breathing?

MacNeil, J.C. - What was the story about the potato bugs?

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Recitation of song about potato bugs

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Don't drown the baby for you may yet marry her

MacNeil, Dan - The ring story

MacNeil, Dan - When silver turns into gold

MacNeil, Joe Neil - $18.00 for a fleece

MacNeil, Dan - What about the holes made by a drinking man with his feet while keeping time to singing?

MacNeil, J.C. - Made fires in the school for a year for $3.00

MacNeil, Joe Neil - How did the young boy learn the alphabet

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Another funny story

MacNeil, Joe Neil - More funny stories about his lack of English when started school.

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Story of the lasts

MacNeil, Dan - Tell us a Bocan story

MacNeil, J.C.; Joe Neil, Dan - Old stories told by the three of them and old customs discussed

MacNeil, Dan - Song: Air Faill irinn iu

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Reciting "Cailinn Donn"

MacNeil, James Charles
CA BI T-626 · Item · 1973
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of Gaelic songs and stories performed by Joe Neil MacNeil and Dan Macneil.

MacNeil, Dan - Mairi Dhubh

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Tall stories

MacNeil, Dan - Mo ghoal air a'chommanta

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Story of a wake "Teasruig sinn a Thighearna

MacNeil, Dan - Gillean mo luaidh

MacNeil, Dan - Gillean mo luaidh

MacNeil, Dan - A story of Fr. Angus Cameron

MacNeil, Dan - A story of John MacLean

MacNeil, Joe Neil - A story of Fr. Neil MacLeod

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Fagail Diuraidh

MacNeil, Joe Neil - Story about Big Pond

Beaton, Sister Margaret
CA BI T-839 · Item · 1973
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

MacNeil, Jim Charlie Sydney (N.S.) Gaelic stories & songs from Cape Breton "A hiu robh ho na hiu bhan o, Chaneil na soir a cordadh rium..."

MacNeil, Joe Neil Middle Cape (N.S.) A true Halloween story...

MacNeil, Dan Sydney (N.S.) James MacNeil and the old lady...

MacNeil, Joe Neil Middle Cape (N.S.) Halloween superstitions

MacNeil, Jim Charlie Sydney (N.S.) Halloween tricks at Irish cover

MacNeil, Jim Charlie Sydney (N.S.) Paying for seats in Church at Big Pond...

MacNeil, Dan Sydney (N.S.) The widow and the shoemaker...

MacNeil, Jim Charlie Sydney (N.S.) Old customs & superstitions

MacNeil, Joe Neil Middle Cape (N.S.) A story of Halloween custom...

MacNeil, Jim Charlie Sydney (N.S.) MacDonald "Clan Sheumais" from "Tir-Mor"

MacNeil, Joe Neil Middle Cape (N.S.) A "rann" - "Franci Cham"

MacNeil, Dan Sydney (N.S.) Story about a cure for a cold...

MacNeil, Joe Neil Sydney (N.S.) Stealing cabbage at Halloween...

MacNeil, Jim Charlie Sydney (N.S.) A true story of a priest at Big Pond...

MacNeil, Dan Sydney (N.S.) "Ho ro mo nigh'n donn bhoidheach na gorm shuil mealladh..."

MacNeil, Joe Neil Middle Cape (N.S.) Story of the man who swore...

MacNeil, Joe Neil Middle Cape (N.S.) Story & song about the Cailleach-bhuain" at harvest time

MacNeil, Jim Charlie Sydney (N.S.) The man who slept for three days...

MacNeil, Jim Charlie Sydney (N.S.) A debate - the married man vs. The single man...

MacNeil, Jim Charlie Sydney (N.S.) Saying grace - two versions...

MacNeil, Joe Neil Middle Cape (N.S.) Lost cows - "30 days in the pen..."

MacNeil, Joe Neil Middle Cape (N.S.) "Mac Banntraich - an fhear a mharbh na mheirleich..."

MacNeil, Jim Charlie Sydney (N.S.) "Thusa" vs. "sibhse"

MacNeil, Jim Charlie Sydney (N.S.) He found the tracks of the red fox

Beaton, Sister Margaret