MacNeil, Roderick, c1790-1875
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Story about a water horse or each-uisge, 23 May 1869
Story about bird hunting, 23 May 1869
Story collected from Ruary an Ruma [Roderick MacNeil], Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, telling how he stood on a ledge and got '8 score & 14 [birds] [larg[e] & Din] & 300 eggs. 20 score & 12 score he stearadh one day.' He adds that the dog would help him by jumping up when the birds flew. 'He lost 18 dogs with the rocks.' The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Story about Bliana nan Sasunach, 23 May 1869
Story about Captain Scott on Isle of Barra and Mingulay, 1867
Story about 'Iain Og mac Mhic ic Neil', 1867
Story about Mac a Chreachain, 1869
Story about Ruary an Ruma and tea-drinking, 1867
Story about Ruary an Ruma [Roderick MacNeil, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay] telling how he had only once before had a cup of tea. Carmichael notes this as 'Strange' and on asking him how he liked the tea he had been served by the school-servant he replied 'Manamsa Dhia gu bheil gle mhath. Ach bu cho mhath liom an siucar eir uisge teth ris a so! Nach bu mhath luidh mhic Righ B[h]reitean seach an seo?'.
Story about the King of Spain's daughter and MacLean of Duart, 1867
Story about the population of Miulay [Miùghlaigh/Mingulay], 1867
Story about Vikings shipwrecked on Mollacag, 23 May 1869
Story collected from Roderick MacNeil, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay which tells how a Long Lochlannach [Viking ship] was broken on a rock called Mollacag at Airghrian [possibly Àird Ghrèin] about '120 or 60 years ago' [c1750 or c1810 or c1710, if 160 years ago is meant]. The gullies filled up with the bodies. The females were drowned, their gold taken away and they were refused permission 'to build in the sea'. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
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