MacDonald (of Clanranald)
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1868 to 16 June 1876
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing primarily songs and stories collected in Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, Barraigh/Barra, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis. The main informants are Roderick MacNeil or Ruairidh an Rùma from Mingulay and Penelope MacLellan of Ormacleit/Ormaclete. The bulk of the material from MacNeil relates to the southernmost islands of the Hebrides and covers topics such as bird-fowling, the island way of life, place-names,...
Dates:
c1868 to 16 June 1876
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1874, 1877 and 1891
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108
Scope and Contents
Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing songs, poems, tales, names, vocabulary and expressions collected in the Outer Hebrides [Na h-Eileanan an Iar]. The first part of the volume contains transcriptions taken as Carmichael listened to informants in 1877 while the second part appears to be copies of previous transcriptions of material collected by Carmichael and Rev Malcolm MacPhail in 1874 and written into the notebook in 1891. Amongst the material is a version of the lament...
Dates:
1874, 1877 and 1891
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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- Biography 2
- Birds 2
- Cattle 2
- Charms 2
- Church Buildings 2
- Customs 2
- Fairies 2
- Family History 2
- Fishing 2
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 2
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Marriage 2
- Poems 2
- Sayings 2
- Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Archaeology 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Bragar Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Dance 1
- Death 1
- Drowning 1
- Family 1
- Fenian cycle 1
- Fish 1
- Food 1
- Funeral Rites and Ceremonies 1
- Garryhellie South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Geography 1
- Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Healing 1
- Hogmanay 1
- Justice 1
- Kentangaval Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kilpheder South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Laments 1
- Landowners 1
- Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Love 1
- Lullabies 1
- Mermaids 1
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Placenames 1
- Prophecy 1
- Proverbs 1
- Riddles 1
- Saints 1
- Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1
- Skeabost Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Stilligarry South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Stone crosses 1
- Tobha Beag South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Voyages and Travel 1
- Warriors 1
- Water-horses 1
- Waulking songs 1 + ∧ less
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