* "Carmina Gadelica, Volume 1", by Alexander Carmicheal, [1900],
p. 158
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Beannachadh Bliadhna Uir [67]
The Blessing Of The New Year
This poem was repeated the first thing on the first day of the year. It was p. 159 common throughout the Highlands and Islands. The writer has heard versions of it in many places.