MacEachan, Neil, c1802-1893 (crofter | Howbeg | South Uist)
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Genetic variability among cattle breeds for beef production, 1986
Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/2/115
Scope and Contents
Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1986. Part 2.
Dates:
1986
Inter-age correlations of food conversion efficiency with body weight, growth rate and food intake within and between British breeds of cattle, 1986
Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/2/114
Scope and Contents
Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1986. Part 2.
Dates:
1986
Story about Cugarbhat, king of the cats, c1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/87
Scope and Contents
Story about Cugarbhat, king of the cats [collected from Neil MacEachen, crofter, Tobha Beag/Howbeg, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] in which Mac vurich [MacMhuirich] is out hunting and his dogs kill Cugarbhat in a cave. A cat asks MacMhuirich if his dogs killed Cugarbhat three times and on each occasion grows larger eventually jumping at MacMhuirich's throat. The text here is heavily abbreviated. A fuller version can be found in CW154 folio 30r.
Dates:
c1872
Story about Nighean Uspaid and St Columba's Chapel at Howmore, c1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/80
Scope and Contents
Story about Nighean Uspaid and St Columba's Chapel at Howmore [Caibeal nan Sagart/Caibeal nan Sagairt, Tobha Mòr, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] probably collected from Neil Maceachain [Neil MacEachan, crofter, Tobha Beag/Howbeg]. The story states that Nighean Uspaid travelled with masons, preparing their food for them and they made a grave for her in all the churches in Scotland. The location of 'Leaba Nin Uspaid' is described, and the ancient and newer chapels are differentiated as Caibeal Mòr...
Dates:
c1872
Story entitled 'Cugarbhad, 'Righ nan Cat'', 16 May 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW154/4
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Cugarbhad, 'Righ nan Cat'' collected from Niall Maceachain [Neil MacEachan], crofter, Towbeag [Tobha Beag/Howbeg, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] in which Macmhurich Mor Staoligearraidh [MacMhuirich mò from Stadhlaigearraidh/Stilligarry] is out hunting and his dogs kill Cugarbhat in a cave. A cat asks MacMhuirich if his dogs killed Cugarbhat three times and on each occasion grows larger eventually jumping at MacMhuirich's throat. One annotation has been made to the text in...
Dates:
16 May 1872
Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1872
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW154
Scope and Contents
Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, inscribed on the front inside cover with 'Alexander Arch[ibal]d Carmichael H. M. Inland Revenue. Iocar, South Uist 27th April 1872 No IV' [Iochdar, Uibhist a Deas] Printed on the front cover are the words 'General Entry Book No, 247'. The book contains five stories 'Clann Uisne', 'Torac na Taine', 'Rocabarraidh', 'Cugarbhad, Righ nan Cat' and an untitled story about a cockerel and a fox, collected in Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, Beinn...
Dates:
1872
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