The Mull Waulking Group, Cuigealers, won first prize at their first competition with its new group, made up of choir members of Còisir Ghàidhlig an Eilein Mhuilich (Mull Gaelic Choir) – and their “star performer”, baby Peigi. Waulking songs (Òrain Luaidh) are Scottish folk songs traditionally sung in the Gaelic language by women while fulling (waulking) cloth. The nine singers from Mull Gaelic Choir, helped by little Peigi, performed a selection of waulking and folding songs with a Mull theme, at the Mòd on Friday in Paisley’s Wynd Centre. Later several of us spent a day at Auchindrain with the Sgioba Luaidh Inbhirchluaidh (Inverclyde Waulking Song Group) to go through how to waulk tweed from start to finish – they were very welcoming and very helpful. “People did waulk the tweed on Mull some time back.

Source: The Times October 23, 2023 13:03 UTC