Currie, Donald, c1826- (crofter | Islay)
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887
Note about birds killing other birds, June 1887
Note about birds killing other birds probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Saw ravens kil[lin]g hens here Gulls kill[in]g ducklings'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Note about Donald Macmhuraich's dogs, 4 June 1887
Note about Donald Macmhuraich's [Donald Currie] dogs which reads 'Donald Macmhuraich three scores of times had dogs [call] to the Druid[eag] with diff[erent] dogs this'. Text has been scored through in pencil perhaps to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.
Note about the bird 'Balaire-bothan' [white-breasted cormorant] and fragment of a song, June 1887
Note about the bird 'Balaire-bothan' [white-breasted cormorant] probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Balaire-bothan larger than sgart [scart] - white spot on thigh'. Also includes a fragment of a song beginning 'Deoch do dh iarr balair bothair'.
Note about the bird 'Bru deargan', June 1887
Note probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay about the bird 'Bru deargan' [Bru-dearg or robin redbreast] that it is not seen on the island until the end of the autumn and that his daughter found one in a hedge the previous year [1876]. He notes his call as being 'Hing "hingadale", Drig drig "hingadale"'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Note about the bird 'Clacharan-coille', June 1887
Note probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay about the bird 'Clacharan-coille' [stone-chat] that it is 'dark + moves close to the ground' and also describes eggs and nests.
Note about the bird 'Fulta-flier' [fieldfare], June 1887
Note probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay about the bird 'Fulta-flier' [fieldfare] stating that it 'came here 10 or 12 years ago [1865-1867] breast fair + yellow back dark dun Irish Sea full of them at night'.
Note about the birds 'Corr-ghir bhreac' [corra-ghritheach breac or heron] and 'Caill-oiche' [cailleach oidhche or owl], June 1887
Note about the bird 'Corr-ghir bhreac' [corra-ghritheach breac or heron] and 'Caill-oiche' [cailleach oidhche or owl] collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Corr-ghir bhreac Gold throat in winter snow - glittering - all the rest brioc [blue] Cail[leach]-oiche bheag sa C[ailleach oidhche] mhor.'
Note about the birds 'croman fion', 'croman rua', 'corrghrieach' and 'crotach' [possibly snipes, heron and plover], June 1887
Note about the birds 'croman fion', 'croman rua', 'corrghrieach' and 'crotach' [possibly red kite, hen harrier, heron and curlew] probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, regarding the best time to spot them.
Note about the fish 'ugsa' [coalfish], June 1887
Note about the fish 'ugsa' [coalfish] probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'A man at P[ort] na haven could see an ugsa breaki[n]g a mile. He saw the gull could see the ugsa break[in]g 3 miles off'. [Port na h-Abhainne/Portnahaven] Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
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