MacLellan, Duncan, c1816-1893
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Custom relating to 'La nam Bannag' and accompanying song, 17 January 1874
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/42
Scope and Contents
Custom relating to La nam Bannag [Latha nam Bannag/Christmas Eve] collected from Duncan MacLellan, clachair [mason], Càrnan/Carnan, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, describing how on that day they would go around the houses and 'If they got nothing they piled a cairn in the door or near it called Carnan na mollac + then sing out - Mallac[hd] Dhia s na Callaig agaibh.' MacLellan describes how when the people came round they went around the fire three times singing 'Gum bean[nachd] Dia n tai a th...
Dates:
17 January 1874
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
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
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- Tales 3
- Vocabulary 3
- Biography 2
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- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Family History 2
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- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 2
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- Placenames 2
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- Protection 2
- Sayings 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
- Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Birds 1
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- Christmas 1
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- Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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- 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
- Love 1
- Lullabies 1
- Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Ministers (Clergy) 1
- Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Pabbay Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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- Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1
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- Underwater archaeology 1
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