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A cèilidh is a traditional Scots or Irish social gaitherin. In its maist base form, it seemply means a social visit. In modren uisage, it uisully includes dancin an playin Gaelic fowk muisic, aither at a hoose pairty or a mair muckle concert at a social haw or ither community meetin place.

Cèilidhean (plural o cèilidh) an céilithe (plural o céilí) came frae the Gaelic areas o Scotland an Ireland an ur thus common in Scots an Irish diasporas. They ar akin tae the Troyl traditions in Cornwaw an Twmpath an Noson Lawen events in Wales, as weel as Inglis kintra dances ootthrou Ingland that in some areas ae unnergane a mell wi céilithe.

Wird oreegin

The term comes frae the Auld Irish céle (singular) meanin "companion". Efter time, it becam céilidhe an céilidh, meanin "visit" in Gaelic. in Scots Gaelic reformit spellin, it is spelt cèilidh, an in Irish Gaelic reformit spellin, it is spelt céilí.

Historie

In airly times, a cèilidh wis a social gaitherin o ony kind, an didnae necessarily involve dancin.

The 'ceilidh' is a literary entertainment where stories and tales, poems and ballads, are rehearsed and recited, and songs are sung, conundrums are put, proverbs are quoted, and many other literary matters are related and discussed

— Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, 1900, tome I, p. xxviii.

The ceilidh of the Western Hebrides corresponds to the veillée of Lower Brittany [...], and to similar story-telling festivals which formerly flourished among all the Celtic peoples

— Wentz, W. Y. Evans, The Fairy-faith in Celtic countries, Oxford University Press, 1911, p. 32.

On long, dark winter nights it is still the custom in small villages for friends to collect in a house and hold what they call a "ceilidh" (pronounced kay'lee). Young and old are entertained by the reciters of old poems and legendary stories which deal with ancient beliefs, the doings of traditional heroes and heroines, and so on. Some sing old and new songs set to old music or new music composed in the manner of the old.

— Mackenzie, Donald A., Wonder tales from Scottish myth and legend, 1917, p. 14.

In mair recent times, the dancin pairt o the event haes owerthrawn the aulder meanins ae the term, tho the tradition o guests performin muisic, sangs, story tellin an poetry is still standin in some areas.

Cèilidhs war hostit bi a fear-an-tigh, or "man o the hoose". This still gangs on in Ireland, tho the host is refert tae seemply as "host" or "master of ceremonies".

Modren cèilidhs

Cèilidhs alloued fur coortin an offert chances fur mairriage fur young fowk, an tho discos an nichtclubs hae owertaen cèilidhs tae a lairge stent, thay ur still an important social ootlet in the rural pairts o Scotland an Ireland, speicially in Gaelic-spekin areas. Cèilidhs ur at times haudit on a smawer scale in private an public hooses, fur ensaumple in backaboot areas an durin busy fests.