MacRae, Mary, c1790-1879 (dairymaid)
Person
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Blessing entitled 'Beannac[hd] An Eiridh' or 'Am Beannac[hd] Eiridh', 1885
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/68
Scope and Contents
Blessing entitled 'Beannac[hd] An Eiridh' or 'Am Beannac[hd] Eiridh' collected from Mary MacRae, Caolas Stiadar/Sound of Stiadar, Na Hearadh/Harris on 4 April 1876, beginning 'Dia liom a laidhe! Dia liom ag eiridh!'. The text has been scored through in pencil and additions have been made to it in both pencil and ink.
Dates:
1885
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 the...
Dates:
15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Poem entitled 'Fhir a Chruthaich Fhir a Chri' and accompanying biography of Mary MacRae, 1885
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/66
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Poem entitled 'Fhir a Chruthaich Fhir a Chri' collected from Mairi Nicrath [Mary MacRae], Caolas Stiatair N h-Earradh [Caolas Stiadar/Sound of Stiadar, Na Hearadh/Harris] on 4 April 1876 beginning 'Fhir a chruthaich fhir (air?) fhir a chri, Chruthaich a chre air an t-sluagh'. Before the poem is a detailed description of Mary MacRae, including her appearance, her age and a little about her Kintail background. The text of the poem has been scored through in pencil and additions have been made to...
Dates:
1885
Prayer beginning 'Guidheam Peadar gui'eam Pol', 1885
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/69
Scope and Contents
Prayer beginning 'Guidheam Peadar gui'eam Pol' probably collected from Mary MacRae, Caolas Stiadar/Sound of Stiadar, Na Hearadh/Harris on 4 April 1876. Text has been scored through in pencil.
Dates:
1885
Song beginning 'An Cailain Og o Stiuraibh i', 12 July 1870
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/85
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Song collected from Mary MacRae, aged 95 years, Taobh Tuath/Northton, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris beginning 'An Cailain Og o Stiuraibh i, S gara an oi[dh]che noc[hd] rim thao[bh]'. The song is composed of thirty-two lines. The text has been scored through in ink and a note written transversely over the initial lines reads 'Transcribed Friday night 11/11 1870 Book No 3 page 101 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael].' The accompanying story tells how it was composed by Iain mac Mhic Mhurchai Leois...
Dates:
12 July 1870
Song beginning 'Horo hugo hugo' and accompanying note, 12 July 1870 and 10 December 1882
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/83
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Song collected from Mary MacRae, aged 95 years, Tao-tua Harris [Taobh Tuath/Northton, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] beginning 'Horo hugo hugo, [Don theid rudire dhol]' [Am Bròn Binn]. The song is composed of fifty-eight lines but it appears to be incomplete as a fifty-ninth line has been started but not finished. The text has been scored through in ink and a transverse note reads 'Transcribed Book III page 232 10 Dec[embe]r 1882 A[lexander] C[armichael].' The accompanying note states that Mary...
Dates:
12 July 1870 and 10 December 1882
Song beginning 'Ille bhig Ilabhig hugaich o', 12 July 1870
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/84
Scope and Contents
Song collected from Mary MacRae, aged 95 years, Taobh Tuath/Northton, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris beginning 'Ille bhig Ilabhig hugaich o, Ruiraich o hugaich o'. The song is composed of twenty-seven lines and the text has been scored through in ink with the following text written transversely across it 'Transcribed into MS No II Page 123 30 Sep[tember]'. Written transversely next to the text is 'Oran Sì' [Òran Sìth or Fairy Song].
Dates:
12 July 1870
Song beginning 'Teich as an rathad a Charist', 12 July 1870
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/86
Scope and Contents
Song collected from Mary MacRae, aged 95 years, Taobh Tuath/Northton, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris, beginning 'Teich as an rathad a Charist[iona], Tha nan eir a thi ta mi'. The song is composed of thirty two lines, some of which appear to be incomplete.
Dates:
12 July 1870
Song entitled 'Iain Garbh', 4 April 1876
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/18
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Song entitled 'Iain Garbh' collected from Mairi Nicrath [Mary MacRae], Caolas Stiatar, Na h-Erradh [Caolas Stiadar/Sound of Stiadar, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] beginning 'Gur a mise tha bronach gun ri leughadh a leo'rach'. Mary states that she is 'close upon 100 years old'.
Dates:
4 April 1876
Song entitled 'Laoidh Dhughail Liosadair', 1885
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/70
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Laoidh Dhughail Liosadair' collected from Mary MacRae, Caolas Stiadar/Sound of Stiadar, Na Hearadh/Harris on 4 April 1876 beginning 'Cluinn a dhuine s bi na d fhaicil, Maduin na h-as-diot dlu dhuit'. Additions have been made to the text in pencil.
Dates:
1885