MacDonald (of Sleat)
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Note about the use of horse and cow hair in bedding, 20 January 1871
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/162
Scope and Contents
Note collected from Alexander MacDonald, Cladach Chirceboist/Claddach Kirkibost, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist which reads 'Covers and blankets of horse & cows hair were the common bed clothes in Uist ri linn a Mhoraire Bhain' [in Am Morair Bàn's time].
Dates:
20 January 1871
Story entitled 'An t-Each Ursunn' and accompanying song, 24 March 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW107/33
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'An t-Each Ursunn' about a Maor Mòr who came over from Trotarnish [Trotternish, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye] to Baileshear [Baile Sear/Baleshare, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] to fetch the best horse [each ursunn] and horse-hair halter from a poor widow. When he stopped at Tobar Pheadair in Sollas [Solas] for water Seumas Òg, the son of Sir Seumas Rua [Sir Seumas Ruadh], went to chase him away and threatened to chop his head into the well except that the Maor Mòr's...
Dates:
24 March 1869
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