Scope and Contents A varied assortment of papers, much of it ethnographic and folklore material handwritten by Alexander Carmichael. Also includes: printer's copies of letters and symbols used in the Carmina Gadelica; printers proofs of Carmichael's work 'Grazing and Agrestic Customs of the Outer Hebrides', written for the Crofting Commission report, 1884; several complaints addressed to the Sheriff of the county of Inverness; assorted newspaper cuttings; ephemera from various events, such as the Gaelic...

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Note about the word 'Falcag' [common auk] which reads 'Falcag is used by Arch[ibal]d MacDonald Gille na Ciotaig in the story to Dr M[a]cLeod, Gaelic Society of Inverness Vol XII.'