Columba, Saint, c 521-?597 (monastic founder | Calum Cille)
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael probably while he lived at 31, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, as this address is written in ink on the first folio. Written on the inside front cover but heavily scored is text which reads 'Mrs Malcolm MacLeod, [- Islay], widow of Mal[colm] MacLeod [Loch-]. The majority of the notebook contains material collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/ Islay relating folklore and natural history about the birds, fish, shellfish and animals found in and...
Dates:
1887
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, noted as being 'Bought at St Columb, Cornwall, 30 Nov[ember] 1864 pr[ice] 2/3'. The back inside cover contains a note probably collected as part of excise duties which reads 'Rod[erick] MacPhie Mast of boat 21.8 [-] 1.2½ [-]'. The notebook contains one insertion. The majority of the notebook contains lore relating to Miùlaigh/Mingulay mostly collected from Roderick MacNeil, crofter, aged 88, known as Ruairidh an Rùma. Roderick MacNeil also...
Dates:
1864 to
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1883 to 1887
Series
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
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- Argyllshire Scotland 2
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Biography 2
- Birds 2
- Cemeteries 2
- Customs 2
- Edinburgh -- Scotland 2
- Geography 2
- Islay Argyllshire Scotland 2
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Poems 2
- Proverbs 2
- Sayings 2
- Aird Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Anatomy 1
- Appin Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Ballymeanach Islay Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Biological rhythms 1
- Birds of prey 1
- Birdsongs 1
- Bonawe Glenorchy and Inishail (parish) Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Cats 1
- Cladh Churalain Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Dogs 1
- Dwellings 1
- Eels 1
- Family History 1
- Fenian cycle 1
- Fenians 1
- Fionn MacCumhail 1
- Fires 1
- Fish 1
- Fishing 1
- Food 1
- Fortifications 1
- Gairloch (parish) Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Geology 1
- Glencreran Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Healing 1
- Hunting 1
- Insects 1
- Invernahyle Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Iona Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Ireland 1
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Kilchiaran Islay Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Kintyre Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Kisimul Castle Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Landowners 1
- Lismore Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Love 1
- Marriage 1
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Oban Kilmore and Kilbride (parish) Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Pabbay Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Plants 1
- Portnahaven Islay Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Praise 1
- Prayers 1
- Rocks 1
- Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Sanndraigh Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Sea birds 1
- Sgeir a' Phobuil Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Shellfish 1
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- St Kilda Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Stones 1
- Superstition 1
- Tobar Churalain Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Tolstadh Bho Thuath Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Vatersay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Voyages and Travel 1
- War 1
- Warriors 1
- Weather 1
- Wells 1
- Women 1 + ∧ less
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