MacDonald (of Clanranald)

Part of a story entitled 'Rocabarrai' and accompanying story about the informant falling ill, 1871

Item

Identifier: Coll-97/CW119/16

Scope and Contents Part of a story entitled 'Rocabarrai', collected from Donald MacInnon or Donl mac Iain ic Lachlan ic ionnan [Donald MacKinnon], aged 98½ years, Grianaig, Dallabrig [Dalabrog/Daliburgh, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] telling how he Mor mhor ni MhicLeoid na h Earradh [Marion MacLeod] who was married to Raoul mor mac ic Ail[ein] [Ranald MacDonald of Clanranald] went to Bernary [Bearnaraigh] and in a house there heard a voice 'at the back of a chest' offering to tell them the story of Rocabarrai. At...

Dates: 1871

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Story entitled 'Mac Mhuirich Mor', 27 May 1869

Item

Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/46

Scope and Contents Story entitled 'Mac Mhuirich Mor' probably collected from Penelope MacLellan, Ormacleit/Ormaclete, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist. The text bears a number of annotations and amendments in pencil and has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere. The story tells how MacMhuirich Mòr found a small cat-like creature and took it home. His wife urged him to return the creature to where he had found it but he refused. The creature's mother came looking for her young and threatened to cause...

Dates: 27 May 1869

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869

Series

Identifier: Coll-97/CW104

Scope and Contents Transciption notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. The inside front cover is inscribed in ink with 'Bought at Wadebridge Cornwall Dec[ember] 1 1864 p 1/6 A A Carmichael' and the opposite page has 'A A Carmichael' written on it in pencil. The notebook contains Fenian songs or tales mainly collected in Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula, some of which are repeated in full or in part. These include 'Laoidh na Muileartaich', 'Duan an Deirg' and 'A' Bhraoin Chaorain'....

Dates: 1864-1869

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

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Part of a story entitled 'Rocabarrai' and accompanying story about the informant falling ill, 1871

Story entitled 'Mac Mhuirich Mor', 27 May 1869

Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1865-1886

Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869

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