MacDonald (of Clanranald)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Song beginning 'Thoir am bain[ne] bho dhonn', c1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/19
Scope and Contents
Song beginning 'Thoir am bain[ne] bho dhonn, Thoir e gu trom s gu torrach' [Taladh na Banachaig or The Milkmaid's Lullaby] probably collected in Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula. Text has been written over with 'Trans[cribed] B[ook] II p[age] 166 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael] Creagorry 8 Oct 1875'. [Creag Ghoraidh/Creagorry, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula].
Dates:
c1872
Three stories about crodh-mara [sea-cattle] and the MacDonalds, 18 January 1871
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/135
Scope and Contents
Three stories collected from John MacKinnon, Cairinis/Carinish, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist about crodh mara or sea-cattle and the MacDonalds. The first story tells how Mac Dhonuil Dui lived in a house 200 yards west of Teampull na Trionaid with his wife but they had no family or cattle. MacDonald Dubh fell ill and every morning and evening a cow 'bo mhaol bhui[dhe]' visited them to be milked but was never seen between times. One day, while milking the wife spilt milk and cursed the cow and...
Dates:
18 January 1871
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- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Crodh mara (sea-cattle) 1
- Death 1
- Eaval North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Food 1
- Fortune 1
- Ill Health 1
- Lochmaddy North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Lullabies 1
- North Uist (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Nuns 1
- Nunton Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Rossinish Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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