Chisholm, Isabel, fl1869 (traveller | temporarily in North Uist)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
List of names, probably informants, c1893
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/39
Scope and Contents
List of names, probably informants comprising Duncan MacLellan, Neill MacNeil 'mac Iain bhain', Isobel Chisholm and 'Barbal Drimsdale'.
Dates:
c1893
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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- Subject: South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland X
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- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cattle 1
- Charms 1
- Customs 1
- Dance 1
- Drimsdale South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Fenian cycle 1
- Healing 1
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Language 1
- Marriage 1
- Names, Personal 1
- Plants 1
- Protection 1
- Singers 1
- Songs 1
- South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Tales 1
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