MacPhail, Malcolm, Rev, 1837-1906 (minister | Kilmartin | Argyllshire)

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Expressions and a proverb, 1891

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/142

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Expressions of contrasting states: 'bho aoin gu anmhuinn', 'bho reite gu areite' and 'bho shocair gu an-shocair' and a proverb beginning 'Is truagh nach robh mo bhathadh air bean a ghlugain'.

Dates: 1891

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1874, 1877 and 1891

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108

Scope and Contents Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing songs, poems, tales, names, vocabulary and expressions collected in the Outer Hebrides [Na h-Eileanan an Iar]. The first part of the volume contains transcriptions taken as Carmichael listened to informants in 1877 while the second part appears to be copies of previous transcriptions of material collected by Carmichael and Rev Malcolm MacPhail in 1874 and written into the notebook in 1891. Amongst the material is a version of the lament...

Dates: 1874, 1877 and 1891

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

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MacPhail, Malcolm, Rev, 1837-1906 (minister | Kilmartin | Argyllshire)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Expressions and a proverb, 1891

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1874, 1877 and 1891

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