MacAulay, John, fl1887 (Iain | fisherman | Gairloch | Ross and Cromarty | and Edinburgh)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887

Series

Identifier: Coll-97/CW89

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael probably while he lived at 31, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, as this address is written in ink on the first folio. Written on the inside front cover but heavily scored is text which reads 'Mrs Malcolm MacLeod, [- Islay], widow of Mal[colm] MacLeod [Loch-]. The majority of the notebook contains material collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/ Islay relating folklore and natural history about the birds, fish, shellfish and animals found in and...

Dates: 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Story about a drowned puppy, 24 June 1887

Item

Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/127

Scope and Contents

Story about a drowned puppy collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann]. The story tells how boys used to make ceallagan [strings of hooks] for fishermen. One boy drowned a puppy and the next morning a trosg [cod] was caught on his ceallag [string of hooks] and when it was opened up the drowned puppy was found inside it. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 24 June 1887

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

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MacAulay, John, fl1887 (Iain | fisherman | Gairloch | Ross and Cromarty | and Edinburgh)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887

Story about a drowned puppy, 24 June 1887

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