MacRury, John Ewen, c1853-1909 (Torlum | Benbecula)
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
List of four prayers or charms with details about where, when and from whom they were collected, c1893
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/6
Scope and Contents
List of four prayers or charms with details about where, when and from whom they were collected, the items being 'Urnuigh Chadail', 'Eolas an Tairbhin', 'Eolas Beum Sula' and 'Marking the Lamb'.
Dates:
c1893
Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 12 September 1890 to 1895
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1
Scope and Contents
Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael but also used by John Ewen MacRury. The front cover bears a sticker which reads 'Gaelic Notes 1894-5. (Collection of traditions, tales, etc. by Alexander Carmichael (?). Many pages cancelled, indicating publication.) [Carmichael Watson Collection]'. The flyleaf reads 'Gaelic Notes, 1894-5' and the rear flyleaf contains a jotting which reads 'Wishing Guidhe'. The beginning of the notebook contains field notes made by Carmichael in Uibhist a...
Dates:
12 September 1890 to 1895
Vocabulary note and story about the name Cruaicean, 18 May 1895
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/101
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note and story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula about the name Cruaicean. He states that it is 'applied to a short thick stout man of considerable strength. Cruaic a short stump of a tree or a course (sic) piece of timber'. A man from Rona, North Uist [RĂ²naigh/Ronay, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] who was known as Cruaicean emigrated to America with his family about sixty years before [c1835] where they are known as 'Clann Chruaicean'.
Dates:
18 May 1895
Vocabulary note and story about the name Dustaidh, 18 May 1895
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/104
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note and story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula about the name Dustaidh, stating that it is the modern term for a bad kelper. 'A man that did not burn the sea weed well and in the usual manner, was known to have a great deal of duast dust, which would require to be reburnt with some well seasoned seaweed very carefully.' A man in Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist became known as dustaidh following a season kelp-making on Rona [RĂ²naigh/Ronay] 'the ground...
Dates:
18 May 1895
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