MacColl, Donald, 1793-1886 (foxhunter | Glencreran | Argyllshire)
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Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1883 to 1887
Note about Donald MacColl 'Donul Brocair', 29 August 1883
Note about Donald MacColl 'Donul Brocair', [foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] aged 89 or 93 collected from him. On average he would kill, fifty foxes, six wild cats and sixty-six 'martin cats' in a season. He worked for 53 years. The note also mentions that at a fair at Tai-an-ribi [Taigh an Ribidh/Tynribbie, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] the best looking men were from Lismore.
Note about the MacColls and the MacDonalds, 29 August 1883
Note about the MacColls and how they originated from the MacDonalds in Skye [An t-Eilean Sgitheanach] and how others became MacDonalds in Glengarry, probably collected from Donald MacColl [foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].
Notes on the family of Donald MacColl, 29 August 1883
Notes on the family of Donald MacColl [foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] that he had seven daughters and two sons, of which three daughters died in Glasgow, one son went to sea and the other became a shepherd.
Pencil sketch of a brooch and accompanying description, 1883
Pencil sketch of a brooch and accompanying description which states that the brooch was made for Mary MacColl, grandmother of the wife of Donald MacColl, [foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire], at Callarst, [Callaird/Callert] in the 1700s. The brooch is of 'good workmanship' with the name on the reverse side. It is noted that Donald's wife died in 1880 aged about eighty-six.
Story about hunting foxes, 29 August 1883
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