Cameron, Duncan, c1818-1900 (police officer | Lochaline | Argyllshire)
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Story and notes about peats, 7 August 1886
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/2
Scope and Contents
Story and notes collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Tobar Mhoire/Tobermory, Muile/Isle of Mull, telling how he saw a 'lump of peat as large as houses' on the shore at Sgairinish Tiree [Sgairinis/Scarinish, Tiriodh] and that it was full of 'thick bark 1½ thick nuts seed like lintseed = bog myrtle seed the Knots of the wood above remaining.' Cameron states that Dugald MacDugald dug his peats there for several years and describes having found moss with seeds under the sand. He also...
Dates:
7 August 1886
Vocabulary note for Eiteag and accompanying song fragment, 7 August 1886
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/19
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaline [Loch Àlainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] which reads 'Eiteag = Quay stone egg shaped Deideag = .' The song fragment begins 'San an tai ghlas a bha n Deideag' and a note added reads 'See Allt-an t suain'.
Dates:
7 August 1886
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