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MacDonald, Ann, fl1901 (Achadoire | Gleann Spean | Lochaber)

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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1901

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110
Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Inscribed on the inside front cover is 'Alexander Carmichael, 32 Polworth Gardens, Edinburgh, 11/4 1901' [11 April 1901]. The text is written in both pen and pencil and all of it has been scored through, as if to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere. The notebook contains vocabulary collected from travelling people, stories about St Columba, proverbs, hymns, stories about prophecy, some notes on birds and otters and cures. The majority...
Dates: 1901

Hymn beginning 'Chruth[aich] Dia an duin an tus' and vocabulary note, 1901

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/103
Scope and Contents

Hymn probably collected from Ann MacDonald, age 75, Achaderry, Glen Spean, Lochaber [Achadoire, Gleann Spean, Loch Abar, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire] beginning 'Chruth[aich] Dia an duin an tus, Gu staid bhean nan gras.' The song is composed of sixteen verses of four lines each.The vocabulary note, written transversely, reads 'shiollag = Glitter (bhiollag?)' and has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere. Beside verses four and five is written 'Modern'.

Dates: 1901

Hymn beginning 'Is gearr gus am bi chol sin' and vocabulary notes, 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/104
Scope and Contents

Hymn probably collected from Ann MacDonald, age 75, Achaderry, Glen Spean, Lochaber [Achadoire, Gleann Spean, Loch Abar, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire] beginning 'Is gearr gus am bi chol sin, Air lothadh is air fail'. The song is composed of thirty lines mostly arranged in four line stanzas. Vocabulary notes indicate the word for 'limpid' and the word for 'shiny/shimmery'. The text has been scored through in pencil and in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1901

List entitled 'Names of hymns', 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/102
Scope and Contents

List entitled 'Names of hymns' containing the titled of three hymns, probably collected from Ann MacDonald, age 75, Achaderry, Glen Spean, Lochaber [Achadoire, Gleann Spean, Loch Abar, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire]. The first two of the hymns listed are written out on the pages which follow this entry. The text has been scored through.

Dates: 1901

Song beginning 'Fhir tha d sheas. air mo lic', 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/100
Scope and Contents

Song possibly collected from Ann MacDonald, age 75, Achaderry, Glen Spean, Lochabar beginning 'Fhir tha d sheas. air mo lic, Bha mise mar tha this an trasd'. The song is composed of five verses of four lines each. The text has been scored through.

Dates: 1901

Song beginning 'Lai mise le Moire 's le Mac', 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/101
Scope and Contents

Song probably collected from Ann MacDonald, age 75, Achaderry, Glen Spean, Lochaber, beginning 'Lai mise le Moire 's le Mac, le cliath mo Righ'. The text has been scored through.

Dates: 1901

Song entitled 'Laoi Dhughail Thaillear', 23 July 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/99
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Laoi Dhughail Thaillear' collected from Ann Macdonald, age 75, Achadoire, Gleann Spean, Lochaber [Achaderry, Glen Spean, Lochabar] beginning 'Cuimhnich a dhuin s bi t fhiacail'. The song has sixteen verses, of which fifteen have four lines each and one has seven lines. The text has been scored through.

Dates: 23 July 1901

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