MacNeil (of Barra)
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Found in 4 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, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, inscribed on the inside cover with 'Alexander A Carmichael Inland Revenue Lochmaddy N[orth] Uist 15/7 1870 Note Book No 8'. The majority of this notebook contains material collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay from the MacDonalds at Paible House, Mor or Marion MacQueen and Donald MacKinnon including notes on the island's archaeology, local history and geographical changes, with stories of how coastal erosion revealed burial sites and renditions of...
Dates:
15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Story about Coinneach Odhar [The Brahan Seer], 3 January 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/9
Scope and Contents
Story collected at Gramsdall [Gramasdail/Gramsdale, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula] about Coinneach Odhar [The Brahan Seer] telling how following a dream he had, he got his powers of prophesy from a stone in a box he had found on the strand. Later he threw the stone into a loch near Loch Ness and it was said that when the stone is recovered all his prophesies will come true. The story also lists several of Coinneach Odhar's prophesies relating to Uist and Barra including the presence of grey...
Dates:
3 January 1872
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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- Customs 3
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- Marriage 3
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- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 3
- Vocabulary 3
- Biography 2
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Cattle 2
- Cemeteries 2
- Church Buildings 2
- Death 2
- Fairies 2
- Family 2
- Family History 2
- Food 2
- Geography 2
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 2
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Laments 2
- Landowners 2
- Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Placenames 2
- Plants 2
- Protection 2
- Sayings 2
- Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Voyages and Travel 2
- An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Archaeology 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Birds 1
- Caisteal Bhuirgh Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Charms 1
- Cladach Chirceboist North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cladach a' Chaolais North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Coasts 1
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Dance 1
- Disputes 1
- Drowning 1
- Fenian cycle 1
- Fishing 1
- Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Genealogy 1
- Geology 1
- Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Gramasdal Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Healing 1
- Houses 1
- Liniclate Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Loch Ness Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Losgaintir Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Love 1
- Lullabies 1
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Murder 1
- Names 1
- Nisishee Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Nunton Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Paibeil Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Poems 1
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- Rocks 1
- Saints 1
- Scarasta Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1
- Sheep 1
- South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Staoinebrig South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Stones 1
- Taobh Tuath Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Teampull na Trionaid North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Udal North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Uidh Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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