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Cluny MacPherson & The Hen Wife

from Badenoch The Storylands Vol​.​1 - Folk Tales by Hamish Napier

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Cluny MacPherson was a beloved clan Chief of the 19th century. This story was collected by a great travelling folklorist called Calum MacLean who is the brother of the famous Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean. He collected the story from a local gentleman called Willie McKillop in 1950 when he was recording locals speaking Badenoch Gaelic in one of the Newtonmore hotels. He recorded it on an old tape recorder; he transcribed the recordings of these wonderful local stories but sadly the tapes were wiped, so we’re no longer able to hear what the original Badenoch Gaelic actually sounded like. This is a hilarious story about a local aristocrat who visits Cluny MacPherson’s house and has clearly lost his marbles - he thinks that he is a brooding hen!

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from Badenoch The Storylands Vol​.​1 - Folk Tales, released July 26, 2021
Local Voice Actors:
Hamish Napier - various characters
Prof Blackie - Peter Mackay
Sheila Mackay - Janet The Hen Wife
Rob Ritchie - Old Cluny

Music - 'The Foragers' from my 3rd solo album ’The Woods’
Song - ‘B’fhearr leam fhin gum beireadh an teile’ sung by Sheila Mackay from Badenoch Waulking Group

Highland Piper:
Sandy MacDonell (Kingussie), playing the pibroch ‘The Phantom Piper of the Corrieyairack.

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Hamish Napier Grantown On Spey, UK

Hamish is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Scottish Highlands.

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