MacRury, John Ewen, c1853-1909 (Torlum | Benbecula)
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Note entitled 'Granet, Granite', 25 February 1895
Note written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Granet, Granite' which reads 'Greoid is the gaelic (sic) in Lews (sic) for Granite, There is fine granite in Dalbeg in Barvas, but in Uig there is only the usual bastard granite.' [Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis]
Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 12 September 1890 to 1895
Vocabulary note entitled 'Clach Nathrach' and accompanying stories, 1895
Vocabulary note entitled 'Heigir or Eigir', 1895
Vocabulary note written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Heigir or Eigir' describing the term as being commonly used amongst old highlanders and 'often used as a nick-name ofr hald grown boys, having a pale looking face long thin bones and bent inwards casan cuiladh or cuile.' He describes how it is pronounced in different parts of Gaelic-speaking Scotland with examples of expressions. Text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.
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