Jack, greetings once more. Briefly stirring Bunessan out of its sleep. Am on your side of the Atlantic for a few months.
Following earlier comment, found a copy of Simon Fraser book
http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Airs_and_Melodies_peculiar_to_the_Highlands_of_Scotland_and_the_Isles_%28Fraser,_Simon%29 Fast run through looking only at 3/4 time pieces revealed nothing resembling Bunessan melody. So Bunessan, go back to sleep!
Who has time in our over-informed age to read yet more crap, but have blog out at
http://musicmusicandwords.wordpress.com/
All the best. Neil