MacInnes, John, c1801-1894
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1874, 1877 and 1891
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108
Scope and Contents
Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing songs, poems, tales, names, vocabulary and expressions collected in the Outer Hebrides [Na h-Eileanan an Iar]. The first part of the volume contains transcriptions taken as Carmichael listened to informants in 1877 while the second part appears to be copies of previous transcriptions of material collected by Carmichael and Rev Malcolm MacPhail in 1874 and written into the notebook in 1891. Amongst the material is a version of the lament...
Dates:
1874, 1877 and 1891
Story entitled 'A Bhuileaistach' and accompanying song, 29 January 1875
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/123
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'A Bhuileaistach' [MacMhuirich and the Beast] probably collected from John MacInnes, aged 70 years, Stadhlaigearraidh/Stilligarry, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist. The story tells how Niall Mòr MacMhuirich found a small creature and took it home. The creature's mother, a fearful beast came looking for her young. MacMhuirich threatened her and said that he would not give it back to her unless he built a bridge or causeway from him so that he could get to Lainginis [Langinish]. The...
Dates:
29 January 1875
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