MacPhie, Barbara, c1800-1880 (or MacPhee | pauper | Drimsdale | South Uist)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

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

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MacPhie, Barbara, c1800-1880 (or MacPhee | pauper | Drimsdale | South Uist)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1870 to 1872

Song beginning 'Chi mi Caibeal Dhiar[maid]', 27 March 1872

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