MacLellan, Duncan, c1816-1893
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Of the ninety-three folios in the notebook, only twenty-two have been used.
Dates:
14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1868 to 16 June 1876
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing primarily songs and stories collected in Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, Barraigh/Barra, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis. The main informants are Roderick MacNeil or Ruairidh an Rùma from Mingulay and Penelope MacLellan of Ormacleit/Ormaclete. The bulk of the material from MacNeil relates to the southernmost islands of the Hebrides and covers topics such as bird-fowling, the island way of life, place-names,...
Dates:
c1868 to 16 June 1876
Note entitled 'Maidean Mhara', 12 September 1890
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/1
Scope and Contents
Note entitled 'Maidean Mhara [Maighdean Mhara or Mermaid] collected from Duncan Maclellan [Duncan MacLellan], Carnan, Iocar S Uist [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] on 12 September 1890 describing a mermaid he had seen with 'Hair like the roinneach mhara & skin like the trosg [cod-fish]: all above waist appeared'. He said she appeared for about fifteen minutes and when Carmichael returned to Carnan, the people there said that this was not a rare occurrence. MacLellan had seen the...
Dates:
12 September 1890
Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1865-1886
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7
Scope and Contents
Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing mainly Fenian songs and cattle charms. Most of the charms relate to cattle and working in the dairy and so are recited for the protection and healing of cattle, although there are some charms for protecting and healing people as well. A number of the charms include the use of medicinal plants, for which there is additional vocabulary. Carmichael also includes charms and customs for predicting marriage partners. Almost all of...
Dates:
1865-1886
Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1872
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW154
Scope and Contents
Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, inscribed on the front inside cover with 'Alexander Arch[ibal]d Carmichael H. M. Inland Revenue. Iocar, South Uist 27th April 1872 No IV' [Iochdar, Uibhist a Deas] Printed on the front cover are the words 'General Entry Book No, 247'. The book contains five stories 'Clann Uisne', 'Torac na Taine', 'Rocabarraidh', 'Cugarbhad, Righ nan Cat' and an untitled story about a cockerel and a fox, collected in Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, Beinn...
Dates:
1872
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- Subject: Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland X
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- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 4
- Cattle 3
- Customs 3
- Fishing 3
- Language 3
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 3
- Songs 3
- South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 3
- Vocabulary 3
- Biography 2
- Charms 2
- Church Buildings 2
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Family History 2
- Geography 2
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Love 2
- Marriage 2
- Placenames 2
- Plants 2
- Poems 2
- Protection 2
- Sayings 2
- Voyages and Travel 2
- Warriors 2
- An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Archaeology 1
- Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Baleshare North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Balivanich Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Birds 1
- Bodha na Cille Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Buaile nam Bodach Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Coal Period 1
- Cuchulain 1
- Dance 1
- Death 1
- Drowning 1
- Fairies 1
- Family 1
- Fenian cycle 1
- Food 1
- Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Geology 1
- Geàrraidh na Mònadh South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Griminish Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Healing 1
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Laments 1
- Landowners 1
- Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Lismore Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Loch Sgioport South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Loch Sunart Ardnamurchan (parish) Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Lullabies 1
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- Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Mermaids 1
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Ministers (Clergy) 1
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- Pabbay Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Saints 1
- Scarasta Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1
- Staoinebrig South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Tobha Beag South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Trees 1
- Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Ulster cycle 1
- Underwater archaeology 1
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