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MacRae, Mary, fl1903

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, August 1903 to July 1904

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW178
Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, which he used to collect material mainly from a Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, Ciorstan MacLean née Cameron, Leideag, Barraigh/Isle of Barra and Margaret Campbell née Stewart and her husband Andrew, tinkers at Bohespic, Siorrachd Pheairt/Perthshire. There are twenty folios the first fourteen of which contain text. Most of the material was collected from Mary MacRae, who sang several waulking songs and...
Dates: August 1903 to July 1904

Note which reads '21 weeks in meann the goat', 22 August 1903

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW178/8
Scope and Contents

Note probably collected from Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, which reads '21 weeks in meann the goat' indicating that goat is pregnant for twenty one weeks. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 22 August 1903

Proverb beginning 'Is minig gan amhladh foghar e', 22 August 1903

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW178/7
Scope and Contents

Proverb probably collected from Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, which reads 'Is minig gan amhladh foghar e, Bain[ne] gobhar is ghamhnach'. Following the proverb is a note which reads 'Small in quaint.' Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 22 August 1903

Verse or saying beginning 'Fad a leugan chan na laogh' and accompanying note, 22 August 1903

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW178/9
Scope and Contents

Verse or saying probably collected from Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, beginning 'Fad a leugan chan na laogh, 'S fad a thaobh dha na mheann'. The verse consists of four lines. The accompanying note reads 'These is how they were tied and length of the ciopan' [tether stake]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 22 August 1903

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