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

Person

Staff Only

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Note about the 'Dearc-luachrach' [lizard] giving birth, 24 June 1887

Item

Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/123

Scope and Contents

Note about the 'Dearc-luachrach' [lizard] giving birth collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann]. MacAulay states that the lizard 'bursts in bringing forth', that he himself saw it happening and the lizard was 'clean dead...the belly burst open as if cut leng[th] wise'. 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

Note on the insect daolag-sgobai, 24 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/124

Scope and Contents

Note on the insect daolag-sgobai collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann] which states that it is longer than the black beetle and are often found in 'old scrathan' [skins] and in the belly of the dearc-luacharach [lizard]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.