MacColl, Donald, 1793-1886 (foxhunter | Glencreran | Argyllshire)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Note about Donald MacColl 'Donul Brocair', 29 August 1883
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/63
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
29 August 1883
Story about hunting foxes, 29 August 1883
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/69
Scope and Contents
Story about hunting foxes collected from Donald MacColl [foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. In it he tells of a particular hunt in Coire Chaorain [Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] in which a vixen was killed and then her cub was discovered, eyes still unopened and two bullets in its hind legs. He describes how the vixen plays with her cubs all day and goes out at night to hunt mice and frogs and how the fox brings home moles for the cubs to play with 'No creature eats these'....
Dates:
29 August 1883