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ban-cháinte

4309.
Bruford (Alan): Workers, weepers and witches: the status of the female singer in Gaelic society.
In SGS 17 (1996), pp. 61–70.
Describes how women have played the role of poets and performers despite the male predominance in the bardic system. Discusses in particular the terms ban-fhili, ban-cháinte and ban-chaínte.
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