MacRae, Mary, fl1903
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, August 1903 to July 1904
Vocabulary note for 'Bun-dearg' and 'Bun-dubh' and accompanying placename note for 'Beinn Chinndearg', 22 August 1903
Vocabulary and placename notes probably collected from Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, for 'Bun-dearg' and 'Bun-dubh' both 'Cut fern clalk for thatch' and accompanying place-name note for 'Beinn Chinndearg' [possibly Maol Chinn Dearg], which is noted as being 'ab[ou]t 16 miles along the road side.' Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Vocabulary note for 'Creach' and 'Leid' and a note about fire, 22 August 1903
Vocabulary note probably collected from Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, which reads 'Creach = creadh. Leid = A fireplace on a triangle - triangle made to set a coin on it. A peat steeped in spirits makes good light'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Vocabulary note for 'gartan luachar' and 'Carraig na biodaig', 22 August 1903
Vocabulary note probably collected from Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, for 'gartan luachar', and 'Carraig na biodaig' which are a garter made of 'rush woven and plaited' and the 'roup of the biodag' [dagger]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
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