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Note entitled 'The blessed bramble', 1894
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/187
Scope and Contents
Note entitled 'The blessed bramble' noting the tradition that Christ used a bramble branch to hit the donkey he rode and querying its veracity.
Dates:
1894
Story about the discovery of Christ's body being the reason for 'dol deiseil a chlaidh', 24 Septmeber 1872
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/114
Scope and Contents
Story about the discovery of Christ's body being the reason for 'dol deiseil a chlaidh', collected from Peter [-], who learned it from Mr Aonas Donullach sagairt [Angus MacDonald, priest] who 'went to Rome as professor and died there. He had been educated in Lismore' [Lios Mòr].
Dates:
24 Septmeber 1872
Story entitled 'Dealan De' [Yellow Butterfly], 30 January 1895
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/83
Scope and Contents
Story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Dealan De' [Dealan-DèYellow Butterfly]. MacRury tells how there are many kinds of Dealan-Dè but this particular kind is uncommon and did not exist until Christ had risen from the dead. They all came out of Christ's tomb. He gives a lengthy, romantic physical description of the butterfly and tells how they are never seen around wrong-doers or where there is bad language. It is good luck for the butterfly to be seen...
Dates:
30 January 1895