Morrison, John, c1811-1888 (ground officer | Lingreabhagh | Isle of Harris)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Of the ninety-three folios in the notebook, only twenty-two have been used.
Dates:
14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875
Story entitled 'Great fight', March 1874
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/74
Scope and Contents
Story collected from John Morrison, ground officer, Lingreabhagh/Lingerbay, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris, entitled 'Great fight', telling of the fight in Caolas na Hearadh/Sound of Harris] between Campbeltown [Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain, Cinn Tìre/Kintyre] and Leith herring boats during the herring fishing of Charles II's reign, in which many men were killed from all over Britian and buried in Neartey, Sarstay, Cheesbay, Huarsay, Ortersay, Heamatry and Ta'ay [Nàrstaigh, Sàrstaigh, Bàgh a'...
Dates:
March 1874
Story entitled 'Loch Utramal', March 1874
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/73
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'Loch Utramal' [Loch Udromuil Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] collected from John Morrison, ground officer, describing it as a large lake near Airdsleave [Àird Shlèibhe] where his father told him that during hard frost thick ice on the loch was broken right through and a pathway made from shore to island noting that it 'must have been made by animal 40 y[ea]rs ago'. The story also tells how a woman saw a strange looking animal moving among her cattle one morning, the animal was...
Dates:
March 1874
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- Cattle 2
- Fishing 2
- Lingreabhagh Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Archaeology 1
- Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Baleshare North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Biography 1
- Bodha na Cille Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Campbeltown Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Charms 1
- Church Buildings 1
- Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Customs 1
- Disputes 1
- Family History 1
- Geography 1
- Geology 1
- Geàrraidh na Mònadh South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Griminish Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Hermetray North Uist (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Herring industry 1
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Kintyre Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Language 1
- Leith (Edinburgh, Scotland) 1
- Loch Langabhat Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Loch Udromuil Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Lochs 1
- Ministers (Clergy) 1
- North Uist (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Pabbay Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Placenames 1
- Poems 1
- Sayings 1
- Scarasta Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Songs 1
- Sound of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Staoinebrig South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Suarsaigh North Uist (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Taghaigh North Uist (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Trees 1
- Underwater archaeology 1
- Vocabulary 1
- Wild Animals 1 + ∧ less
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