Currie, Archibald, 1821-1896
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Charm entitled 'Rann Buaichailleac' and accompanying notes, 28 October 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/100
Scope and Contents
Charm entitled 'Rann Buaichailleac' collected from Archibald Currie, aged forty-six, shoemaker, Iocar [Ìochdar], Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Siual beinne, siul baile, Siul gu re fada fasuin'. The accompanying note reads 'Old women used to say this in driving their cows in the morn[in]g'. The text has been scored through in two different inks and written transversely across the first page of text is 'Transcribed into B[ook] III p188. A[lexander] A[rchibald] Carmichael Creagorry 4...
Dates:
28 October 1872