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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89
Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael probably while he lived at 31, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, as this address is written in ink on the first folio. Written on the inside front cover but heavily scored is text which reads 'Mrs Malcolm MacLeod, [- Islay], widow of Mal[colm] MacLeod [Loch-]. The majority of the notebook contains material collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/ Islay relating folklore and natural history about the birds, fish, shellfish and animals found in and...
Dates: 1887

Fragment of a verse or saying about shellfish and sheep, June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/162
Scope and Contents

Fragment of a verse or saying about shellfish and sheep which reads 'Maorach cailleach gun fhaochag is i is as fhaotin, Caoirich cailleach +c'.

Dates: June 1887

Poem beginning 'Chun[naic] mi na Sandagan' and accompanying note, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/207
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Chun[naic] mi na Sandagan (sand eels), A dir[each] ri Meall anndrari' being three verses of the twelve false verses and twelve verses which a condemned man had to make up in order to save himself from being put to death. The accompanying note which states that the man made the verses up in Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty].

Dates: June 1887

Proverb beginning 'Cha'n fhir mi ri uallach' and accompanying vocabulary note, 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/177
Scope and Contents

Proverb beginning 'Cha'n fhir mi ri uallach, Cha dean buar/cas luath maor'. The vocabulary note reads 'Furas = Patience'.

Dates: 1894

Proverb beginning 'Cha'n fhuirich muir ri uallach', 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/195
Scope and Contents

Proverb beginning 'Cha'n fhuirich muir ri uallach, Cha dean bean luath maorach'. The text is composed of four lines, is written in ink and has been scored through in ink.

Dates: 1894

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Names
Bride, Saint, c453-525 (Kildare) 1
Campbell (of Islay) 1
Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) 1
Columba, Saint, c 521-?597 (monastic founder | Calum Cille) 1
Currie, Donald, c1826- (crofter | Islay) 1