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Account of fulling cloth and accompanying song, 1867

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/31
Scope and Contents Account of fulling cloth on Miulay [Miùghlaigh/Mingulay] describing how he heard the singing coming from a hut as he passed by and so he went in and found 'six good looking comely girls waulking cloth. One sung the verse the rest the chorus and all took their turn at this. All songs suited the body made in ful[ling] and all to my ear wild weird and beautiful. One was a fairy song and fairy like'. Carmichael notes that he measured the arms of two of the girls and that while the others seemed...
Dates: 1867

Account of the preparation of seals for eating and accompanying proverb, c1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/44
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Account of the preparation of seals for eating in Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist, including pressing blubber to extract oils. Carmichael recalls tasting the flesh of a young seal on Heisgeir [Heisker/Monach Isles] and that it was 'very agreeable.' and like venison. The accompanying proverb reads 'Bu mhath am biadh feamanaich aran seagail agus saill roin'.

Dates: c1875

Account of watching waves at Gonnamaol, 1867

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/53
Scope and Contents Account of watching waves at the natural arch at Gonnamaol [Gunamul, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay] describing them as 'a glor[ious] sight...the sea churned purely white against the rocks like divine snow on a mount[ain]side'. He observes the plentiful bird-life there 'The birds in thous[ands]nay millions fly hither and thither at times dark[e]ning the very air and along with the dizzy height on which you sit mak making (sic) you still more dizzy till you feel your position anything but safe or...
Dates: 1867

Address for Captain Robert Macfarland, 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/128
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Address for Captain Robert Macfarland, 2 London Place, Paisley Road, Glasgow.

Dates: 1894

Address for Don[ald] MacDonald who 'Has old hymns', c1893

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/23
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Address for Don[ald] MacDonald mac Alastair ic Iain Ruaidh, 26 Struthers Street, Calton, Glasgow who 'Has old hymns'. Also a note of the address 'House 17 Cubie Street - off Gallowgate'.

Dates: c1893

Address for Don[ald] Macmurdoch, Islay and accompanying note, c1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/95
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Address and accompanying note which reads 'Don[ald] Macmurdoch, Baile meadhonach, Portnahaven, Islay [Baile Meadhanach/Ballymeanach, Port na h-Abhainne, Ìle] good naturalist.'

Dates: c1892

Address for 'Macorquodale', 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/150
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Address for 'Macorquodale [MacCorquodale] 100 Cromwell St[reet], Paisley Road West' [Glaschu/Glasgow].

Dates: 1894

Address for Mary Macdonald, 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/151
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Address for Mary Macdonald, 9 Sandyford Place, near Sauchiehall Street, Glaschu/Glasgow.

Dates: 1894

Address for Mr Cameron Young, c1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/98
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Address which reads 'Mr Cameron Young Conn Hotel Cockburn' [possibly Cockburn Hotel, Dùn Èideann/Edinburgh].

Dates: c1892

Address for Mrs Hollingworth, Inchture, August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/58
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Address for 'Mrs Hollingworth, Newmains, Inchture, Perthshire'. In brackets after the addresss is 'Bachuill' perhaps indicating that Carmichael was to talk to her about the Barons of Bachuill or that she was related to them as Livingstone is her maiden name.

Dates: August 1886

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Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) 80
MacDonald (of Clanranald) 63
MacRury, John Ewen, c1853-1909 (Torlum | Benbecula) 60
MacNeil (of Barra) 48
MacNeil, Roderick, c1790-1875 45
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Columba, Saint, c 521-?597 (monastic founder | Calum Cille) 43
MacDonald (of Sleat) 37
Currie, Donald, c1826- (crofter | Islay) 33
MacPhail, Malcolm, Rev, 1837-1906 (minister | Kilmartin | Argyllshire) 29
Cameron, Duncan, c1818-1900 (police officer | Lochaline | Argyllshire) 27
MacAulay, John, fl1887 (Iain | fisherman | Gairloch | Ross and Cromarty | and Edinburgh) 27
MacColl, Donald, 1793-1886 (foxhunter | Glencreran | Argyllshire) 27
MacLellan, Duncan, c1816-1893 27
MacLeod (of Dunvegan) 27
MacIsaac, Hector, c1797-1878 (Eachann mac Ruaraidh | joiner | Iochdar | South Uist) 24
Livingstone, Baron of Bachuil (Lismore) 23
MacInnes, John, c1801-1894 22
Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) 20
Cyril, Saint (Curalan) 19
MacPhee, Donald, c1816-1869 18
Stewart (of Appin) 18
MacNiven, Duncan, 1804-1895 (Donnachadh Phadruig | schoolmaster | Airds | Taynuilt | Argyllshire) 17
MacPherson, John, c1820-1885 (Iain Pearson | cottar | Kentangaval | Isle of Barra) 17
MacRae, Mary, fl1903 16
Stewart, Mary, c1801-1877 16
MacIsaac, Janet, c1798-1882 15
MacMhuirich (hereditary bards of Clanranald) 15
Campbell (of Argyll) 14
MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790 (Jacobite) 14
MacLeod (of Harris) 14
MacLeod, Hector, c1788- (Eachann mac Dhomhnaill ic Mhurchaidh ic Neill ic Coinnich ic Iain ic Ruaraidh ic Thormaid ic Uilleim ic Thorcail ic Leoid | Liniclate | Benbecula | Inverness-shire) 13
MacPhail, Donald, fl1884 (grocer | Quay | Oban | Argyllshire) 13
MacRae, Mary, c1790-1879 (dairymaid) 13
Morrison, Kenneth, c1800-1864 (mason | Trien | Isle of Skye) 13
Cameron, Roderick, c1836-1919 (Ruairidh | fisherman | Carbost | Isle of Skye) 12
MacAulay, Aulay, Rev, 1673-1758 (minister | Isle of Harris) 12
MacDonald, Margaret, fl1870 (Mairead nighean Aonghais Duinn | Gearraidh Iain | North Uist | Inverness-shire) 12
MacIntosh, Catherine, c1807- 12
MacLellan, Penelope, 1796-1873 12
MacMillan, Mary, c1825-1883 (domestic servant | Lionacuidhe | South Uist) 12
Maclean (of Duart) 12
Brendan, Saint (the Elder) 11
Bride, Saint, c453-525 (Kildare) 11
Livingston, John, 1810-1895 11
MacDonald, Lord of the Isles 11
Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, Prince, 1720-1788 ('Bonnie Prince Charlie' | 'The Young Pretender') 11
MacDiarmaid, Duncan, c1846-1881 (shepherd and cook on barge | Fernilea, Isle of Skye and Glasgow) 10
Morison, John, fl1630-1708 (tacksman | Bragar | Isle of Lewis) 10
Campbell, Anthony, 1825-1904 (fisherman and crofter | Kentangaval | Barra) 9
Currie, Archibald, 1821-1896 9
MacCodrum, Iain [John], c1693-1777 (Iain mac Fhearchair | Scottish Gaelic poet) 9
MacDonald, Alexander, fl 1861 9
MacIntyre, Donald, c1793-1868 9
MacLean, Marion, 1843-1927 9
MacNeil, Alexander, c1787-1881 ([Alastair mac Ruari bhain MacNeill ]; fisherman | Kentangaval | Isle of Barra) 9
MacQuien, Roderick, c1750-c1830 (catechist | Malaclete | North Uist) 9
Robertson, Charles, 1864-1927 (Reverend) 9
Stewart, Donald, c1500 9
Campbell, Donald, Sir, -1651 (of Airds) 8
Campbell, John Francis, 1821-1885 (folklorist and polymath) 8
Chrosda, Colla ([Guala] | seer | Bonawe | Argyllshire) 8
Gunn, Angus, c1788-1875 (crofter) 8
MacAulay, Angus, c1788-fl1870 (An Cnoc | Isle of Lewis | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland) 8
MacDonald (of Boisdale | South Uist) 8
MacDonald, Alexander, c1610-1647 (Alasdair mac Colla | military leader | Taigh an Trithinn | Argyllshire) 8
MacDonald, Alexander, c1850 (Aladsair na h-Aibhne | Cladach Chirceboist | North Uist | Inverness-shire | Scotland) 8
MacDonald, Donald, fl1546 8
MacDonald, Donald, fl1885 (crofter | Griminish | Benbecula) 8
MacDonald, Duncan, c1785-1873 8
MacDonald, Marshal of France | Duke of Tarentum, 1765-1840 8
MacDonald, Sir James, 1741-1766 (8th of Sleat | Marcellus of the North | Seumas Ruadh) 8
Boyd, Mary, c1844-1915 7
Campbell (Scalpay) 7
Campbell (of Airds) 7
Clerk, Archibald, Rev, 1813-1887 (minister | Kilmallie | Inverness-shire) 7
Currie, Angus, c1787-1877 7
MacDonald, Ann, fl1901 (Achadoire | Gleann Spean | Lochaber) 7
MacDonald, Mac Uisdean (proprietor or factor | Griminis | North Uist) 7
MacDonald, Ranald, c1834-1913 (sheep farmer | Taransay | Inverness-shire | Scotland) 7
MacGregor, Donald, c1815-1887 (Bailegarbh | Lismore) 7
MacInnes, Angus, c1800-1871 (Aonghas mac Aonghais | Smeircleit | South Uist) 7
MacIntosh, Isabella, c1818-1900 7
MacKenzie, Kenneth, fl16th century (Coinneach Odhar or Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche or The Brahan Seer) 7
MacLeod (of Berneray) 7
MacLeod (of Lewis) 7
MacPhee, Donald, fl 1861 (Isle of Skye |) 7
Moluag, Saint, c530-592 (patron saint of Argyll) 7
Morrison, Peter, c1800-1881 (crofter | Balivanich | Benbecula) 7
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 7
Smith, Peter [Patrick], c1796-1877 7
Campbell, Ann (nian Dhonil ic Iain Oig | composer of the song 'Ailean Duinn') 6
Carmichael, Mary, c1812-1889 (Druimavuic | Glencreran | Argyllshire) 6
Chisholm, Isabel, fl1869 (traveller | temporarily in North Uist) 6
Livingston (Appin) 6
MacAulay, Margaret, 1821-1881 6
MacBain, Alexander, 1855-1914 (Celtic Scholar) 6
MacDonald (of Balranald) 6
MacDonald, Alexander, Sir, c1740-1795 6
MacDonald, Archibald, -c1520 (Gilleasbuig Dubh | chief of Macdonald of Sleat) 6
MacDonald, Donald, -c1650 6
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