MacIsaac, Janet, c1798-1882
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW107
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing an essay entitled 'Bards and Bardism of the Highlands'; some notes on archaeology in Barra [Barraigh], Vatersay [Bhatarsaigh] and Sandray [Sanndraigh]; Fenian songs and poems; songs and poems relating to the MacDonalds; and a story entitled 'Prince Charlie's Pipe' mostly collected from South Uist [Uibhist a Deas] and Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla].
Dates:
1864-1869
Song entitled 'Fail in ocha - Iomarbhaigh' and accompanying story, 19 October 1870 and 12 December 1883
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/118
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Fail in ocha - Iomarbhaigh' [A Spaidearachd Bharrach] collected from Seonaid Churrai [Janet Currie], Staonabrig [Staoinebrig/Stoneybridge, Uibhist A Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Dhia s gaolach liom an gille, Gha bheil deiread agus gill-dhuinnead'. The song is composed of twenty six lines and has been scored through in ink with a transverse note reading 'Transcribed 12/12 1883 Book III 241 page A[lexander] C[armichael].' The accompanying story tells how MacNeill of Barra,...
Dates:
19 October 1870 and 12 December 1883
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- Archaeology 1
- Baleshare North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Biography 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Children 1
- Church Buildings 1
- Customs 1
- Fairies 1
- Family 1
- Fenian cycle 1
- Laments 1
- Language 1
- Loss (of people or things) 1
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Poems 1
- Praise 1
- Saints days 1
- Sniseabhal South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Staoinebrig South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Vatersay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Vocabulary 1
- Waulking 1
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