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

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Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Inscribed on the inside front cover is 'Alexander Carmichael, 32 Polworth Gardens, Edinburgh, 11/4 1901' [11 April 1901]. The text is written in both pen and pencil and all of it has been scored through, as if to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere. The notebook contains vocabulary collected from travelling people, stories about St Columba, proverbs, hymns, stories about prophecy, some notes on birds and otters and cures. The majority...

Dates: 1901

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1883 to 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing material collected mostly in An Apainn/Appin and Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire. A large proportion of the stories and biographical information about Appin was collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, who was known as Dòmhnall a' Bhrocair. Amongst the material collected from Dòmhnall a' Bhrocair are proverbs, sayings, customs, stories about local figures and families and historic anecdotes. The other main...

Dates: 1883 to 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

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

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1901

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1883 to 1887

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