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MacDonald, Margaret, fl1870 (Malacleit | North Uist | Inverness-shire)

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Vocabulary note for Grigne [colony or number] and accompanying verse, 10 February 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/76
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Vocabulary note probably collected from Margaret MacDonald, aged 79 years, Malacleit/Malaclete, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist for Grigne describing it as a colony or a number and in some places stating that a sieve was called a grigne. What appears to be a verse reads 'Rionag an Righ, Rionag na madaine, Rionag a bhauch[aille], Nighean ri mheangain sa triuir leam sa cu sa gille sa cocair.'

Dates: 10 February 1870

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