MacLeod, Flora, c1811-1891 (Fionnghal nighean Chaluim | wool spinner | Baleshare | North Uist)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charm entitled 'Eolas an t Sniamh', 7 April 1875
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/87
Scope and Contents
Charm entitled 'Eolas an t Sniamh' [Eòlas an t-Sniamh or Charm of the Sprain] collected from Fionaghal ni[ghean] Chaluim or MacLeod [Flora MacLeod], Baileshear [Baile Shear/Baleshare, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist]. The charm begins 'Chai C[riosd] amach is fhuair e snai nan each air an cuar ma seach' and is repeated three times while a linen thread is twisted, a knot put on one end first, then the middle and then put around the affected joint. Across the text is written in ink 'Transcribed into...
Dates:
7 April 1875
Song entitled 'Na H-Iolairean', 23 March 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW107/28
Scope and Contents
Song entitled 'Na H-Iolairean' beginning 'A Dhun dui sin ’s a Dhun dui' collected from Fionaghal nin Chalum Nic Leoid [Flora MacLeod], Baileshear [Baile Sear/Baleshare, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist]. Carmichael notes that Flora heard this from John Stewart at Baleshare who died in 1868 age 78.
Dates:
23 March 1869