Waulking song-Gaol lse gaol

[msTmattole]

wish I could see the waulking done as the song was sung. Sweet. Thank you

[allisonforfornsed]

Hey it's that weird cute girl with the cute little voice again!

[guyfihi]

I agree with you, but people with hate in their heart irritate me.

[wowza191]

Honestly everyone, all this native american crap was years ago. You need to let things go.

[wowza191]

0:30 is when they start singing properly :)

[guyfihi]

Oh really Donegal Ray, you hate all 280 million Americans except for Native Americans. What you so bowed up for? That's a lot of hate brother. Yeah we have "Plastic Paddies" over here, but you have skanger yobs in Ireland. There is good and bad in every culture. You need to take the stick out of your butt and stop painting with such a broad brush.

[Forysan]

On the male side of things a Walker was anyone who worked as watchman for an estate. So at some point someone in that family was basically Night Security who yelled "GET THEE DOWN! GET THEE DOWN ON YON GROUND NOW! OR I SHALL MACE THEE!" LOL

[ongawesgone]

It is beautiful. What I don't understand, however, is, why do so many people (especially here in the "Colonies") find non-english singing from other countries so wonderful, yet, so many are always making fun of the singing of the Native Peoples in their own country. When someone is talking about going to/having gone to a powwow, the first thing they say is, "I went to a powwow, and all I understood was 'heya-heya-heya'." That insults me.

[GreenManelishi]

@ongawesgone Because they are daft?

[GreenManelishi]

@ongawesgone Because they are daft?

[DonegalRaymie201]

@ongawesgone

There's not a Gael worth his weight, who doesn't identify with the native Indian Americans! They are the native People who YOU have robbed of everything!

The English were bad, but even they gave the Native Americans Rights over their own lands, that you fuckers had to deprive them of! I hate Americans, except the amazing native Peoples, not you hideous, Plastic Paddies that embarass at every turn!

[jorjonzn]

Just wonderful. The instrument is not a hammered dulcimer -- don't know what it is.

[tonytopcat83]

what is the name of that stringed percussion instrument thingamajig? never seen that before, really cool

[capoeirasilat]

@tonytopcat83 It's a hammered dulcimer, I think?

[Ptarmi]

@tonytopcat83

That's Jim Sutherland & either he has discovered the ancient Gaelic Tiompán, or it is it simply an ancient Chinese instrument, like a Zhu?

But seriously, I've written to Jim to find out more, so watch this space! ;-)

[seorasmac]

They wet it with men's stale urine as mordant for setting the vegetable dyes.

[morigaine]

Doesnt her kids go to the Gaelic school?

[maceochi]

Love how Liam O Maonlaí manages to dominate the picture when you see it in the search results :) Thanks for the great video.

[EilidhO9]

I was taught about these in Music and i love them! I prefer the more oldy ones though

[odhran01]

"Gaol ise gaol i" is a favorite of mine. I first heard it (and was taught it) by Margaret Bennett when she came over to the Grandfather Mountain Gaelic Song and Langauge week a couple of years ago. Another good waulking song is "Fàistneachd agus Beannachd do na Ghàidheil" on Cathy-Ann MacPhee's CD, "Catherine-Ann MacPhee sings Màiri Mhòr."

[bb3ca201]

I found Cathy-Ann's Mairi Mhor CD in a resale shop (here in Canada) a couple of months ago, bought it -- and haven't been disappointed! Faistneachd agus Beannachd is one of my favourites from that one.

[OrderofStOdhran]

Cool. Cathy-Ann is a fine singer.

[liamcrouse]

Mairead Bennet is such a lovely woman, nach eil?

[illinois1776]

what is waulking?

[cloudftw93]

waulking is when people would beat, i think, yarn to make material maybe wool)

[odhran01]

Waulking is the name given to the process of making tweed cloth (spun and woven out of wool) waterproof by shrinking the fibers via the friction created by beating the cloth on a specific kind of board after the cloth was coated with a "Mixture." Took about 3-4 hours, depending on length of the cloth.

[drummerlead]

And everybody had to be beating on the wool in perfect rhythm, everybody beating on it or twisting it at the exact same time in rhythm, or the wool would be uneven or rough in patches. I love reading about and learning about old folk traditions! :)

[DebiSmithPouliot]

they would wet and beat a woven piece of fabric, made from wool to felt it.

[thepiper84]

My Grannie was a waulker away back in the days of yore, She died 17 years before i was born.

[babybookworm003]

back hundreds of years ago this was sung when waulking the wool

[queltica]

some of us still sing waulking songs while waulking cloth freshly off the loom

[pigeatinginfidel]

Some of whom? The Amish?

[queltica]

the amish aren't gaels. i've participated in waulkings with new cloth in seattle, vancouver b.c. - and in other places in the u.s., canada and scotland where we've just used old woven cloth, not done the real work of the luadh with cloth contributed for the purpose by a weaver. this is a living tradition.

[pigeatinginfidel]

Well that's just cool! I am just spellbound by the sound of this. I've played the video probably 20 times. I had no idea something like this exists. What on earth language is this?

[queltica]

Ghaidhlig - Scottish Gaelic.

[ailigmacs]

[Gàidhlig]

[queltica]

sin agad e! you're right.

[johnwattdon]

luv the name,,,

[Donaldm28]

Waw, I miss barra. :( and eriskay :P

[bookkeeper57]

Perfect voice for this song.

[adrianallan]

great - watched some waulking demos when in Lewis - thanks for subscribing.

[WhiteTiger333]

How'd I miss this one from the Highland Sessions? Sweeeet!  Thanks again Donegal, Tomscotland, etc, who have put these sessions on YouTube for us to delightfully discover over here on t'other side of The Pond.

[ollach]

This girl is a real talant,shame shes not from Barra!!

[Donaldm28]

almost :P south usit.

they kick ur ars at football :P

[MegMerrilies]

Great!

[Postie1]

Thanks, this is great !!

[breizhernamer]

I can't stop singing it! its too damn beatiful and i don't know what it means :S!

[MYABUTTREEKS]

What a beautiful song.

[tinyviking]

Love it! :D is this on a cd anywhere?:d

[savagehighlander]

Hi there, it's on Iain MacDonald and Iain MacFarlane's "First Harvest."

[MYABUTTREEKS]

It's on one of Martin Bennett's cds too. the name escapes me.

[yvonnemurray]

Fantastic!

Did anyone else noticed Mary Ann's wee mistake at the end, haha so funny! Small things amuse...

[UISTMAN59]

Nach tu a tha mi mhodhail! Tut tut. (Uill 'S tocha gun robh e gle eibhinn ceart gu leor, ach cha robh mi air fhaicinn mur a b'e gun tug thu gu m'aire e.)

[jooo001]

Brilliant. At the start, I believe it was Karan Casey, could you post her session as well then. Go Raibh Maith Agat

[robbimcmillen]

And the song she was singing was from Solas's album 'The Words that Remain', called 'A Chomaraigh Aoibhinn Ó'. You can buy it on iTunes :]

[jeanhoel2]

Thank you for sharing !!! J.