MacPhie, Barbara, c1800-1880 (or MacPhee | pauper | Drimsdale | South Uist)
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Charm entitled 'Laoi Na Frithe', 1883
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/20
Scope and Contents
Charm entitled 'Laoi Na Frithe' collected from Barabal MacPhie, Dremisdale, S[outh] Uist [Barbara MacPhie, Dreumasdal/Drimsdale, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Dia romhan's Dia am dheoghai'. The charm is 'to secure that for which a person is looking' and it is stated that 'a person can ascertain before hand whether or not he will get his wishes or what he is in search of'. The text of the charm has been scored through in pencil and additions have been made to the text in both pen and...
Dates:
1883
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1870 to 1872
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing the stories 'Rocabarrai' and 'Cugarbhad'; some songs and song fragments; customs relating to religious festivals, particularly on the Isle of Barra; stories about the MacNeil of Barra; stories and archaeological notes on Castle Beagram [Caisteal Bheagram, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]; cattle charms and stories about the Lochlannaich [Vikings]. As well as archaeological notes on chapels and cemeteries the majority of the notebook...
Dates:
1870 to 1872
List of names, probably informants, c1893
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/39
Scope and Contents
List of names, probably informants comprising Duncan MacLellan, Neill MacNeil 'mac Iain bhain', Isobel Chisholm and 'Barbal Drimsdale'.
Dates:
c1893
Note on Caisteal Bheagrum and accompanying diagrams, 27 March 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/36
Scope and Contents
Note on Caisteal Bheagrum [Caisteal Bheagram, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] describing its dimensions and condition with accompanying diagrams including measurements. Notes that 'Earth taken from Cé on the N[orth] side opp[osite] to raise the isle so the place is a sgala.' He states that the last person to be born on Eilean Bheagram, about one hundred and forty years ago [c1732] was Catrina niean Aonais ic Ruari niean Fir Staonabrig [Staoinebrig/Stoneybridge], daughter of a daughter of...
Dates:
27 March 1872
Note on religious festivals, 1883
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/21
Scope and Contents
Note on religious festivals collected from Barbara MacPhie, Drimsdale, South Uist [Dreumasdal/Uibhist a Deas] including 'La fheill Moire na teacaireac' [Feast of the Annunciation] and 'La nan uile Naomh' [All Saints' Day]. She states that the sun dances on the Sunday after Good Friday 'in joy for a risen Saviour' and that she has seen it once, 'The sun alternately became green, red, and purple, and then gloriously bright white and jumped up and down and then danced with joy'. The text has...
Dates:
1883
Song beginning 'Chi mi Caibeal Dhiar[maid]', 27 March 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/37
Scope and Contents
Song beginning 'Chi mi Caibeal Dhiar[maid], Na chreag iasg' [Donnchadh Mac Cuilcein/Duncan Mac Cuilcein] collected from Barbara MacPhi [Barbara MacPhie] aged 73, Dreumsdale [Dreumasdal/Drimsdale, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The song is composed of twenty lines and is interrupted with a note on where 'Teisteamul nan gauna' [Teistamul nan Gamhna] is. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
27 March 1872
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- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
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- Ceannlangabhat South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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- Eilean Bheagram South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Fairies 1
- Family History 1
- Floods 1
- Fortifications 1
- Funeral Rites and Ceremonies 1
- Geology 1
- Glenaladale Arisaig and Moidart Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Huisinis Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kentangaval Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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- Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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- South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Staoinebrig South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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