Smith, Peter [Patrick], c1796-1877
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Story entitled 'Sgeul Chois O Cèin' and accompanying notes, 5 July 1865 to 25 March 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW105/1
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Sgeul Chois O Cèin' [The Healing of Keyn's Foot] collected from Calum MacRath [Malcolm MacRae], shepherd, Abhuinn Suidhe [Abhainn Suidhe, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris]. Two notes written transversely on folio 2r, the first in the same ink states where and when the story was told and by whom, while the second is written in blue ink and notes MacRae's death in 1866. Two notes on folio 10r state 'A man at Boisdale [Baghasdal, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] is said to have this tale'...
Dates:
5 July 1865 to 25 March 1870
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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- Abhainnsuidhe Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Boisdale South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cattle 1
- Charms 1
- Customs 1
- Dance 1
- Fenian cycle 1
- Healing 1
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Language 1
- Love 1
- Marriage 1
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Plants 1
- Protection 1
- Songs 1
- Vocabulary 1
- Wound healing 1 + ∧ less
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