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MacLeod, Ann, 1754-1834 ('Major Ann' | wife of Major MacLeod of Stein | daughter of Flora MacDonald | Isle of Skye)

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Custom relating to La Fheill Brìde [St Bride's Day], 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/1
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Custom relating to La Fheill Brìde [St Bride's Day] describing how Mrs Major MacLeod also known as 'Major Ann', the daughter of Flora MacDonald, removed the stocking from her foot and pounded a piece of peat on the doorstep while reciting a verse beginning 'An diu[gh] la [Fhe]ill Bride, Thig nigh[ean] Imhair as an toll'. Text has been scored through in ink perhaps to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

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