{"id":4508,"date":"2020-06-01T10:17:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T10:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?p=4508"},"modified":"2020-06-01T10:17:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T10:17:55","slug":"storas-beo-seonaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2020\/06\/01\/storas-beo-seonaid\/","title":{"rendered":"St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2: Se\u00f2naid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4507 size-medium\" title=\"P\u00e0druig agus Se\u00f2naid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mathairismac.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mathairismac.jpg 1111w, https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mathairismac-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mathairismac-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mathairismac-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In amongst the valuable Gaelic social history, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhi.ac.uk\/en\/research-enterprise\/res-themes\/humanities-and-arts\/language-sciences-institute\/projects\/storas-beo-nan-gaidheal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2 nan G\u00e0idheal<\/a> interviewer P\u00e0druig Moireach (Peter Murray) uncovered some interesting new family stories when he talked to his mother, Se\u00f2naid (Jessie) &#8211; including why she didn&#8217;t emigrate to Canada!<\/p>\n<p>In the first part, Jessie, originally from Shawbost, Lewis, talks to Peter about their family history, and how his grandparents actually met and married around the time of the Depression in Detroit, where there was a strong Gaelic community. She tells stories of him jumping ship, and his working conditions and how they differed in America. On returning to Lewis they raised a family on the croft, and Jessie talks of her earliest memories of life on the land, herding the cows and getting home-made butter and cheese, and the food she got at school before they opened a canteen. (You can get a Clilstore transcript here: <a href=\"http:\/\/multidict.net\/cs\/8388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unit 8388<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Se\u00f2naid Mhoireach (1): St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2 nan G\u00e0idheal\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jg9i8NjjMak?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the second part, Jessie recalls her schooling and the weak Gaelic component to it, though the language was strong in the playground and the community. Communion practices are also recalled, as well as the role of supernatural tales, and New Year and Hallowe\u2019en customs in a culture where house visits were common. After leaving school at 16 and some work experience, Jessie settled on training for nursing, which took her to Glasgow. Plans to move to Canada were abandoned when she met Peter\u2019s father, and they returned to Lewis, first to Carloway, then Stornoway. Now living in Inverness, she offers thoughts on changes she\u2019s seen in Lewis and the lack of opportunities. She prefers to remember home as it was. (You can get a Clilstore transcript here: <a href=\"http:\/\/multidict.net\/cs\/8389\">Unit 8389<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Se\u00f2naid Mhoireach (2): St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2 nan G\u00e0idheal\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJRBSfQiPzg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In amongst the valuable Gaelic social history, St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2 nan G\u00e0idheal interviewer P\u00e0druig Moireach (Peter Murray) uncovered some interesting new family stories when he talked to his mother, Se\u00f2naid (Jessie) &#8211; including why she didn&#8217;t emigrate to Canada! In the first part, Jessie, originally from Shawbost, Lewis, talks to Peter about their family history, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2020\/06\/01\/storas-beo-seonaid\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">St\u00f2ras Be\u00f2: Se\u00f2naid<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-call","category-community","category-research","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}