MacRury, John Ewen, c1853-1909 (Torlum | Benbecula)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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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- North Uist (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Trees 2
- Animals 1
- Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Birds 1
- Blessings 1
- Bohuntine Kilmonivaig (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Cattle 1
- Charms 1
- Customs 1
- Death 1
- Etymology 1
- Fairies 1
- Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Inverroy Kilmonivaig (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kelp industry 1
- Kelps 1
- Loss (of people or things) 1
- Love 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Placenames 1
- Poems 1
- Protection 1
- Sayings 1
- Seaweed 1
- Sleep 1
- Songs 1
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Superstition 1
- Torlum Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Uig (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1 + ∧ less
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