The Highland Sessions: Waulking Songs

[mhicnanolc]

We have a few Gaidhlig speakers here in Canada as well (mainly Nova Scotia) and it's also making a comeback there after being nearly wiped out.

[drummerlead]

Now, is there any difference between the Irish Gaelic and the Scottish Gaelic? It's pretty much the same words mean the same things?

[Munchhurdle]

They're very close but a language doesn't survive unless it changes and adopts its surroundings - There will always be dialects and strains in every language and region - If that were not the ase then a language could surely pbe placed upon a shelf and archived

[drummerlead]

Ok....thanks for that enlightenment!  :) I myself think that the Gaelic language is one of the most soothing to listen to. Very similar to Irish Gaelic or not?

[Munchhurdle]

Yes drummerlead - very similar

[euroserf]

Scots gaelic is very similar to Ulster dialect of Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelg too (when I hear it spoken) ....the written tongue is different but i can have a conversation with anyone that speaks any of these 3 !

[euroserf]

Just like English is similar to the other Germanic languages ...Milk...Milch......thunder..­.Donder.......Brown.....braun etc.

[ljbabysprite]

Great music is like great food: it matters not from where it comes because in essence it comes from the heart and soul. Here you have it, the waulking (shrinking of the tweed) songs come from the hearts and souls of the Scots Gael women who's grandmums and great-grandmums taught their mums and their mums taught them, too. A marvelous tradition this is. The work was hard and the song helped to lighten things a bit. ^..^~

[missionpants]

Wow, beautiful!

Some say YouTube is a double edged sword posting the worst there is in video's... And then I see this.. A beautiful song/video of a culture I pretty much know nothing of, let alone have heard, or am related to... (I'm czech) So I will still think the world is rose-colored thanks to the few who post these beautiful clips of music that makes my ears hum with joy....

/please carry on....

[cuimreach]

Thank you so much. This song makes me cry. I am so proud it's part of my heritage.

[cuimreach]

Sorry I pressed thumb down when I meant to press thumb up!

[alejandromatheson]

nice !!!

[jkosmdd]

Is that Triona ni Dhomhnaill on the piano?

[Gimmer3]

This is wonderful. Thanks for sharing this video. I love Gaelic singing.

[MYABUTTREEKS]

This is the greatest music in the world; no doubt about it.

[yvonnemurray]

Yep, it really is her name lol

[Cagun]

It is, according to her. Look her up in myspace.

[h1zchan]

the name Margaret Stewart looks so English.. Is this her real name?

[animalunaris]

Stewart is a very traditional Scottish name, name of the royal family at one time. Comes from Steward.

Stuart is the anglicised family.

[Spinozzi9]

Not surprising that she is Scottish, seeing as she is singing in Scots Gaelic

[drummerlead]

Is it true that Scots Gaelic is a dead language now? A friend of mine that I recently made who lives in Aberdeen told me that recently.

[tinyviking]

no! its making a big come back theres even Gaidhlig primary schools, high schools and to my knowlage at least one university! (in the university even the lift speaks gaidhlig!) and On Skye at least the signs in the supermarket are bilingual :)

[Munchhurdle]

Whoever told you that is wrong - The problem with using Gaeilge/Gaelic in my IMHO anyway is that it it is not an everyday language of economics - English is and we spend most of our lives making ends meet - so therefore .......

[vivaloriflamme]

@Munchhurdle

Well, if we're all losing our jobs, we'll have time to learn and use Gaelic.

[cuimreach]

@h1zchan Well, her name is Maighread Stiùbhart in Gaelic, so her name is just Anglicised here. Margaret is Greek in origin (it's my mother's name) and Stewart is a traditional Scottish name, thus the name of the Scottish Royal Dynasty.