MacDonald (of Clanranald)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael probably while he lived at 31, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, as this address is written in ink on the first folio. Written on the inside front cover but heavily scored is text which reads 'Mrs Malcolm MacLeod, [- Islay], widow of Mal[colm] MacLeod [Loch-]. The majority of the notebook contains material collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/ Islay relating folklore and natural history about the birds, fish, shellfish and animals found in and...
Dates:
1887
Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1865-1886
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7
Scope and Contents
Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing mainly Fenian songs and cattle charms. Most of the charms relate to cattle and working in the dairy and so are recited for the protection and healing of cattle, although there are some charms for protecting and healing people as well. A number of the charms include the use of medicinal plants, for which there is additional vocabulary. Carmichael also includes charms and customs for predicting marriage partners. Almost all of...
Dates:
1865-1886
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- Anatomy 1
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- Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Ballymeanach Islay Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Biological rhythms 1
- Birds 1
- Birds of prey 1
- Birdsongs 1
- Cats 1
- Cattle 1
- Charms 1
- Dance 1
- Edinburgh -- Scotland 1
- Eels 1
- Fenian cycle 1
- Fish 1
- Fishing 1
- Gairloch (parish) Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Healing 1
- Hunting 1
- Insects 1
- Ireland 1
- Islay Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kilchiaran Islay Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Kintyre Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Marriage 1
- Placenames 1
- Poems 1
- Portnahaven Islay Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Protection 1
- Proverbs 1
- Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Sayings 1
- Sea birds 1
- Shellfish 1
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- St Kilda Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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