Currie, Donald, c1826- (crofter | Islay)
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Story about geese on Ìle/Islay and vocabulary note, June 1887
Story and notes about snakes, June 1887
Story and notes about snakes collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, describing when and how the snake sheds its skin; how a man saw a snake jump twelve feet in the air after he had threatened it; that all the belly scales are used in travelling and that they will chase children but not adults. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Vocabulary note possibly for bird names, June 1887
Vocabulary note possibly for bird names probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Da-ri-tre = Corn[crake], Bura-bhuch- [Buna-bhuachaill] G[reat] N[orthern] Diver]'.
Vocabulary note which reads 'Asgail = Oxter. Bradan lea[than]n = Hal[ibut]', June 1887
Vocabulary note collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Baile Meadhanach/Ballymeanach, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Asgail = Oxter. Bradan lea[than]n = Hal[ibut]'.
Vocabulary note which reads 'Gaoran = Gobhar Athar', June 1887
Vocabulary note probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Baile Meadhanach/Ballymeanach, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Gaoran = Gobhar Athar' [snipe].
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