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Columba, Saint, c 521-?597 (monastic founder | Calum Cille)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Charm entitled 'Eolas Beum Sula' [actually 'Mallachd'], c1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/49
Scope and Contents

Charm entitled 'Eolas Beum Sula' [Exorcism of the Eye] but the text corresponds with 'Mallachd' or 'A Malediction' as found in Carmina Gadelica, vol. II. The charm begins 'Thainig di[th]ist a mach a dorust na cathrach neomh' and a note states that Colum Cille [St Columba] was able to heal men and animals.

Dates: c1870

Story about a curse made by Calum CIlle [St Columba], 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/45
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Story about a curse made by Calum Cille [St Columba] when his boat struck a rock. He noticed that the rock was barren and he cursed it to stay that way forever, which it has done. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1901

Story about fishing on Ìle/Islay and Calum Cille [St Columba], June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/49
Scope and Contents

Story about fishing on Ìle/Islay collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Baile Meadhanach/Ballymeanach, there that fishing would take place at Oin Hailigeo [Abhainn Shailigeo/Saligo River] or Loch Gruinart and that once a man caught a losgain [frog or toad] and gave it to Calum Cille [St Columba], who made a curse that every salmon would face out to sea and none would return. The story concludes that the lake used to be full of salmon.

Dates: June 1887

Story about why a village in Tiree never hears a cock crow, 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/39
Scope and Contents

Story about a village in Tiree [Tiriodh, Earra-Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] which never hears a cock crow because Calum Cille [St Columba] thought he would pass through the place before the cock crowed but the cock crowed as he was passing through so he made a curse that a cock would never crow there again. According to the story a cock has never crowed there since. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1901

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