Feuch e: Poverty or wealth
Feuch e: Bochdainn no beairteas?
Your turn now. Answer the questions any way you like. There is no wrong answer here!
Dè seòrsa fianais a th' againn mun bheatha chruaidh a bh' aig na h-eilthirich?
What kind of evidence do we have about the hard life of the emigrants?
Bha altan is sanasan anns na pàipearan-naidheachd bhon àm sin ag innse mu bheairteas an t-Saoghail Ùir. Shaoileadh tu gun robh an luchd-imrich air nèamh! Ach … There were articles and advertisements in the newspapers from that time telling about the wealth of the New World. You'd think the immigrants were in heaven! But—
Tha litrichean aig na daoine fhèin ag innse na sgeulachd. The letters of the people themselves tell the story.
Tha bàrdachd is òrain bhon àm ag innse dhuinn. There is poetry and song from the time which tells us.