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Archaeological notes, sketches and story relating to Teampull An Tao Deas or Teampuil an t Sagairt, 12 July1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/82

Scope and Contents Archaeological notes, sketches and story relating to Teampull An Tao Deas or Teampuil an t Sagairt, [Teampull an Taobh Deas/Teampull an t-Sagairt Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris]. The first sketch shows a plan of the building with measurements, noting the height of the wall as 7 feet, the breadth 10 feet and the height of the door out 5 feet. Also noted re the dimensions of the altar. A second sketch is a copy plan, with a scaled attached to it. The measurements have not been written on this and...

Dates: 12 July1870

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Expression beginning 'Ged bha mi sa chuil bha mo shuil air mo chuid', September 1884

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/292

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Expression which reads 'Ged bha mi sa chuil bha mo shuil air mo chuid' collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Dates: September 1884

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, noted as being 'Bought at St Columb, Cornwall, 30 Nov[ember] 1864 pr[ice] 2/3'. The back inside cover contains a note probably collected as part of excise duties which reads 'Rod[erick] MacPhie Mast of boat 21.8 [-] 1.2½ [-]'. The notebook contains one insertion. The majority of the notebook contains lore relating to Miùlaigh/Mingulay mostly collected from Roderick MacNeil, crofter, aged 88, known as Ruairidh an Rùma. Roderick MacNeil also...

Dates: 1864 to

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of a song and accompanying story about a man being attacked, 19 August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/57

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Fragment of a song [Uamh an Òir] which reads 'He darin a hua, Si ghaluain a charach mi' and accompanying story about a man being attacked in a cave by a gal uain [gal uaine or green she-dog].

Dates: 19 August 1886

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

List of dog owners in North Uist, 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/2

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List of dog owners in Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist written by Alexander Carmichael as part of his excise duties and the date of inspection, when the ownership of a dog was verified, recorded by 'RU' [Robert Urquhart]. The list records the name, occupation and abode of the dog owner, the date 'dog seen' and by whom it was seen. There are eighty three names on the list with folios 5v and 6r being blank. The list has been scored through in ink.

Dates: 1870

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about 'Cu-sìth', 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/179

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Note about 'Cu-sìth' that it 'came from the sea shore with a long chain attached' and was originally 'Boirionn (na goibhre)'.

Dates: 1894

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about dogs dying and accompanying story about a faithful dog, October 1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/46

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Note about dogs dying and accompanying story about a faithful dog collected from Duncan Macniven 'Don[nachadh] Pharuig', aged 88, Airds, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire. Duncan tells how dogs go away from home to die and that shepherds know this to be the case. He also tells how a man in Glencoe [Gleann Comhann] went to work in England and every day at the same time his dog went out to wait for him and wept until it eventually died.

Dates: October 1892

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about Donald Macmhuraich's dogs, 4 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/7

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Note about Donald Macmhuraich's [Donald Currie] dogs which reads 'Donald Macmhuraich three scores of times had dogs [call] to the Druid[eag] with diff[erent] dogs this'. Text has been scored through in pencil perhaps to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 4 June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about Fenian placenames with associated verse and vocabulary, c1866

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/13

Scope and Contents Note, probably collected from Alexander MacKenzie, Uisgebhagh/Uiskevagh, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula, about Fenian placenames with associated verse and vocabulary. MacKenzie states that Gleann na Tullach is in Polliu [Gleann Tùlacha and Poll-iù/Poolewe, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty], that Diarmaid's grave is there and that his two white dogs were buried with him one at each foot. On top of the hill there is a place called 'Suicheachan Fhinn' and on the north side of this is Gleann-na-Muic...

Dates: c1866

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes on Fenian placenames and associated poems, c1866

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/24

Scope and Contents Notes probably collected from Alexander MacKenzie, Uisgebhagh/Uiskevagh, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula, on Fenian placenames and associated poems including a verse each from Laoidh Dhiarmaid and Laoidh Mhanuis. MacKenzie describes Gleann-na- tullach and Gleann-na-muice [Gleann Tùlacha, possibly Pollan na muice and Poll-iù/Poolewe, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] as being to the south and to the north of Suidheachan Fhinn, where Fenians used to hunt and where Fionn sat 'dar bha Diarmad a ruith...

Dates: c1866

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Archaeological notes, sketches and story relating to Teampull An Tao Deas or Teampuil an t Sagairt, 12 July1870

Expression beginning 'Ged bha mi sa chuil bha mo shuil air mo chuid', September 1884

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to

Fragment of a song and accompanying story about a man being attacked, 19 August 1886

List of dog owners in North Uist, 1870

Note about 'Cu-sìth', 1894

Note about dogs dying and accompanying story about a faithful dog, October 1892

Note about Donald Macmhuraich's dogs, 4 June 1887

Note about Fenian placenames with associated verse and vocabulary, c1866

Notes on Fenian placenames and associated poems, c1866

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