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

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Charm entitled 'Laoi Na Frithe', 1883

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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

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