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Cameron, Duncan, c1818-1900 (police officer | Lochaline | Argyllshire)

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Prayer entitled 'Coisrigeadh An Aodaich' and accompanying notes, 7 August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/24
Scope and Contents Prayer entitled 'Coisrigeadh An Aodaich' [Consecration of the Cloth] collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaluinn, Morven [Loch Alainn/Lochaline, Earra GhĂ idheal/Argyllshire] beginning Is math a gha'as mi mo rann, A teurna leis a ghleann'. The custom in which the verses are repeated three times, while the cloth is being worked by women is described. There is an additional note explaining the reference to deer, salmon and herring within the prayer, that both fish have bones 'like...
Dates: 7 August 1886

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