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List entitled 'Gnath-Fhocail', c1862

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/50
Scope and Contents

List entitled 'Gnath-Fhocail' containing proverbs and sayings on subjects such as days, weather, seasons and living creatures.

Dates: c1862

List of saints' days and feast days entitled 'Days' and accompanying sayings, c1893

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/36
Scope and Contents

List of saints' days and feast days entitled 'Days' including the date of each occasion and two sayings which read 'La fheill Sheath[ain] is t samhradh, Theid a chuthag da taigh geamh[radh]' and 'La Samhna their Gamhna ris na laigh, La Ill Sheathain theirear aighean rin n dheigh'.

Dates: c1893

List of sayings about different saints' days, 20 November 1873

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/13
Scope and Contents

List of sayings about different saints days on which different manual tasks should be started or carried out such as ' Di daoine La Chal[uim-chille] chaoimh etc' [Diardaoin Latha Chaluim Chille chaoimh], La Bealtain light fires'.

Dates: 20 November 1873

Saying about days of the week, c1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/78
Scope and Contents

Saying about days of the week which reads 'Thaona (Di-thaoine) (Di-mairst) Thaona gu fàs & Marst gu gearradh'. [Friday sowing, Tuesday mowing]

Dates: c1872

Saying beginning 'T fhalt 'us t fhiona D. daoine', 7 August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/16
Scope and Contents

Saying collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaline [Loch Àlainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire], which reads 'T fhalt 'us t fhiona D. daoine, T ionga mhaol D sathurn.'

Dates: 7 August 1886