Listen to the recording again and answer these questions.
Cuin a bhiodh daoine ann an Uibhist a Deas a’ cur a’ chuirp anns a’ chiste?
When would people in South Uist put the body in the coffin?
Air là an tìodhlacaidh.
On the day of the burial.
Cò bhiodh a’ dol a dh’iarraidh na ciste?
Who would go get the coffin?
Bha daoine sònraichte air am piocadh.
Certain people were [chosen] picked.
Dè tha e a’ ciallachadh a bhith a’ dol ‘deiseil’?
What does it mean to go ‘deiseil’?
Mar a bha a’ ghrian a’ dol; cha rachadh iad chun na làimh chlì; ‘s ann taobh na làimhe deis a bha iad a’ falbh on taigh daonnan.
In the direction of the sun, sunwise, clockwise; they would not go to the left; they always left the house on the right-hand side.
Dè do bheachd air na cleachdaidhean bàis air an robh Alasdair Boyd a’ bruidhinn?
What do you think of the death customs that Alasdair Boyd was talking about?
Am faca tu cleachdaidhean bàis mar sin a-riamh roimhe?
Have you ever seen such death customs before?
A bheil thu den bheachd gun toir cleachdaidhean bàis mar seo cofhurtachd do dhaoine?
Do you think that such death customs bring comfort to people?
Ciamar?
How?