MacLellan, Duncan, c1816-1893
Person
Found in 3 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
Incomplete story entitled 'Niean Gobha Ghriminis', 20 October 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/123
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Ni[gh]ean Gobha Ghriminis' collected from Donacha MacanLeallain [Duncan MacLellan], mason and crofter, Carnan, Iocar [Càrnan, Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The story tells how a blacksmith in 'Grim[inis] sa Cheanna tua' [Griminish, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] was a good man with no family but a daughter. He had cattle on Beinn Lee [Beinn Lì] and one winter when the snow came he sent his cow-herd off to fetch his cattle. The cow-herd got all the cattle except the...
Dates:
20 October 1870
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- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Biography 2
- Cattle 2
- Church Buildings 2
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Customs 2
- Family 2
- Family History 2
- Fishing 2
- Geography 2
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Landowners 2
- Marriage 2
- Placenames 2
- Poems 2
- Sayings 2
- Songs 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
- Blacksmiths 1
- Bodha na Cille Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Charms 1
- Death 1
- Disguise 1
- Drowning 1
- Fairies 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
- Griminish North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Household employees 1
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Laments 1
- Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Lochboisdale 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
- Murder 1
- Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Pabbay Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Plants 1
- Protection 1
- Sailors 1
- Saints 1
- Scarasta Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1
- Staoinebrig South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Trees 1
- Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Underwater archaeology 1
- Violence 1
- Voyages and Travel 1
- Warriors 1
- Waulking songs 1 + ∧ less
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