MacRury, John Ewen, c1853-1909 (Torlum | Benbecula)
Person
Found in 8 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
Story entitled 'Dealan De' [Yellow Butterfly], 30 January 1895
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/83
Scope and Contents
Story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Dealan De' [Dealan-DèYellow Butterfly]. MacRury tells how there are many kinds of Dealan-Dè but this particular kind is uncommon and did not exist until Christ had risen from the dead. They all came out of Christ's tomb. He gives a lengthy, romantic physical description of the butterfly and tells how they are never seen around wrong-doers or where there is bad language. It is good luck for the butterfly to be seen...
Dates:
30 January 1895
Vocabulary note and story about the name Craideag, 18 May 1895
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/102
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note and story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula about the name Craidsag, stating that it is a name for a bad joiner or 'timber-spoiler' from the word cnag meaning a short cutting of timber. He adds that 'A man in North Uist [Uibhist a Tuath] is known as Craidsag and a joiner of the most primitive style.'
Dates:
18 May 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 [Rònaigh/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 [Rònaigh/Ronay] 'the ground...
Dates:
18 May 1895
Vocabulary note and story about the name Fideadh, 18 May 1895
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/103
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note and story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula about the name Fideadh that is it used for a 'bad cooper'. MacRury says he remembers a Benbecula man who was given the name Fideadh for that very reason and adds that some say that the surname Fiddes comes from Fideadh. He also states 'In olden times country cooper[s] were numerous but a good tradesman was known as Cuipear - Cooper.'
Dates:
18 May 1895
Vocabulary note entitled 'Clach Nathrach' and accompanying stories, 1895
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/81
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Clach Nathrach' describing it as an 'accumulation of liquid matter form the mouth of the serpent' and where and how it is formed. He recalls having seeing a clach nathrach when at school in Uig, Lewis which was found by 'the herd boy of Croulista...on the south side of Suanaval hill' [Suaineabhal, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis]. MacRury notes the clach nathrach as being valued for its healing properties...
Dates:
1895
Vocabulary note entitled 'Sea weed', 14 February 1895
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/88
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Sea weed', listing twenty one types of seaweed; describing their physical characteristics such as 'Craigean a small plant like the wide spread palm of a baby'; in many cases noting the proportions of potash and carbonate of lime; uses for the sea weed and in one instance a story to 'throw some light on its [seaweed's] use in the Outer Hebrid[e]s in this century'. The seaweeds described are...
Dates:
14 February 1895
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- Language 7
- Family History 5
- Names 5
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 4
- Biography 3
- Trees 3
- Cattle 2
- Customs 2
- Death 2
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 2
- North Uist (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Seaweed 2
- Superstition 2
- Uig (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 2
- Animals 1
- Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Baile na Cille Uig (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Birds 1
- Blessings 1
- Bohuntine Kilmonivaig (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Butterflies 1
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Carpentry 1
- Charms 1
- Cooperage 1
- Dervaig Kilninian and Kilmore (parish) Isle of Mull Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Etymology 1
- Fairies 1
- Healing 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 Mull Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Jesus Christ 1
- Kelp industry 1
- Kelps 1
- Loss (of people or things) 1
- Love 1
- Miabhaig Uig (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Norway 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Placenames 1
- Poems 1
- Protection 1
- Sayings 1
- Sleep 1
- Snakes 1
- Songs 1
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Suaineabhal Uig (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
- Tobermory Kilninian and Kilmore (parish) Isle of Mull Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Torlum Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Valparaiso Chile South America 1 + ∧ less
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