Campbell (of Argyll)
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1883 to 1887
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing material collected mostly in An Apainn/Appin and Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire. A large proportion of the stories and biographical information about Appin was collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, who was known as Dòmhnall a' Bhrocair. Amongst the material collected from Dòmhnall a' Bhrocair are proverbs, sayings, customs, stories about local figures and families and historic anecdotes. The other main...
Dates:
1883 to 1887
Story about the Duke of Argyll and Dailness Royal Forest, 1883
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/163
Scope and Contents
Story probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about the Duke of Argyll and Dailness Royal Forest [Royal Forest of Dalness, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire], of which the duke was forester. Coll MacDonald, writer to the signet in Edinburgh, was allowed to fill the forest with sheep.
Dates:
1883
Story about the Duke of Argyll and hospitality, 1883
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/162
Scope and Contents
Story probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about the Duke of Argyll and hospitality he had received from two MacColl brothers. One was unwelcoming while the other was hospitable and killed a cow [for eating]. To this one the duke gave the titles to Corra Bheinn and Glasdruim [Glasdrum, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire], one for mutton and the other for grazing. At Airds his dogs were not well cared for and fled during the night and he...
Dates:
1883
Story about the sons of the Duke of Argyll and MacLeod of MacLeods eldest sons, 10 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/50
Scope and Contents
Story collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay about the sons of the Duke of Argyll's and MacLeod of MacLeod's eldest sons. The story tells how the two sons were together at the Royal High School Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann] or Edinburgh University and the Duke's son was being bullied by a sizable 'gille galda' [gille Gallda or Lowlander]. MacLeod's son stepped in to help the Duke's son but between the two of them they beat the gille Gallda so badly that he died from his injuries. The two fled to Dunvegan...
Dates:
10 July 1870
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- Archaeology 1
- Biography 1
- Bonawe Glenorchy and Inishail (parish) Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Cladh Churalain Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Corra Bheinn Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Customs 1
- Dalness Royal Forest Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Death 1
- Disputes 1
- Dogs 1
- Dunvegan Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Family History 1
- Fires 1
- Food 1
- Geography 1
- Glasdrum Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Glencreran Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Healing 1
- Hospitality 1
- Invernahyle Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Iona Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Islay Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Language 1
- Lighthouses 1
- Lismore Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Loch Seaforth Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Love 1
- Marriage 1
- Oban Kilmore and Kilbride (parish) Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Placenames 1
- Poems 1
- Prayers 1
- Rocks 1
- Sayings 1
- Sgeir a' Phobuil Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Sheep 1
- Songs 1
- Stone carving 1
- Stones 1
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- Taransay Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Tobar Churalain Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Vocabulary 1
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