MacRae, Mary, c1790-1879 (dairymaid)
Person
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Song entitled 'Laoidh Ona (Jonah?)', 1885
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/67
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Laoidh Ona (Jonah?)' collected from Mary MacRae, Caolas Stiadar/Sound of Stiadar, Na Hearadh/Harris on 4 April 1876, beginning 'A Chriost thug aoi do'n treveller/deoiri, S tu solus ur nan dall'. Additions have been made to the text in pencil and in ink.
Dates:
1885
Song entitled 'Mac Og An Iarla Ruaidh', 1885
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/71
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Mac Og An Iarla Ruaidh' collected from Mary MacRae, Caolas Stiadar/Sound of Stiadar, Na Hearadh/Harris on 4 April 1876 beginning 'Their mi hill uill o-han, Their mi hill o an o'. The song is composed of thirty-three lines and has been arranged as eight verses. The text has been scored through in ink.
Dates:
1885
Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1883 to 1885
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87
Scope and Contents
Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing material collected between October 1867 and December 1885. The material dated from 1883 to 1885 was probably written down at source. The notebook is marked as 'No IV' and the inside cover gives his address as 30 Royal Circus, Edinburgh [Dun Eideann] and the date as 16 November 1883. The material transcribed and collected in this notebook includes love songs, religious songs, waulking songs and songs relating to cattle. Much of...
Dates:
1883 to 1885