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Peter, Saint, c1 BC?67 (Simon Peter | Simon Cephas | apostle)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Custom relating to fires lit on 29 June, October 1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/74
Scope and Contents

Custom relating to fires lit in the south of Ireland on 29 June, which is the eve of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, as mentioned by C. H. Hucheson.

Dates: October 1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Fragment of a verse beginning 'La ill Mhic thig an riogh as an toll', 17 October 1873

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/81
Scope and Contents

Fragment of a verse collected from an unnamed informant probably in Tolstadh Bho Thuath [Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis], beginning 'La [Fhe]ill[e] Mhic[heil] thig an riogh as an toll, Mar buinn mise dhan riogh.' There are five lines to the verse.

Dates: 17 October 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Proverb beginning 'La fheil Moire na Feill Pead[air]' and accompanying note, c1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/77
Scope and Contents

Proverb which reads 'La fheil[l] Moire na Feill Pead[air] La S mu thig no thainig' and accompanying note which reads '25 March Annunciation Day. When it falls on Good Friday calamitous for Europe - war pestilence &c'.

Dates: c1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

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