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Note entitled 'Bardac na Feinne', 22 October 1864

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/53

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Note entitled 'Bardac na Feinne' [Bàrdachd na Fèinne or Fenian Poetry] containing a short description of the material Carmichael is going to transcribe, when he collected it and when he is transcribing it. He writes, 'Toisicheam mata air an fheasgar so fhein - feasgar Di-sathuirne, mios deireannach an Fhoghraidh an 22mh 1864,' [I will begin this very afternoon, Saturday, October 22nd 1864].

Dates: 22 October 1864

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note entitled 'Preface', c1893

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/83

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Note entitled 'Preface' which reads 'Perhaps someone may [exist] with more learning and more reason than mine to elucidate these interesting obscurities.'

Dates: c1893

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note of Alexander Carmichael's address, 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/3

Scope and Contents

Note of Alexander Carmichael's address, which reads 'A[lexander]. Carmichael, 31 Raeburn Place, Edinburgh'.

Dates: 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note of place, date and cost of purchase of notebook, 30 November 1864

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/1

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Note of place, date and cost of purchase of notebook which reads 'Bought at St Columb, Cornwall, 30 Nov[ember] 1864 pr[ice] 2/3 A[lexander] A[rchibald] Carmichael.'

Dates: 30 November 1864

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note of references to be checked, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/143

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Note by Alexander Carmichael to self of references to be checked in relation to the dragonfly, the raven and the spider, namely Tennyson's 'Two Voices', 'Ayton's PCG' and 'Pope's 192'.

Dates: June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note on travel, 6 July 1909

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/1

Scope and Contents

Note on travel which reads 'Left Edinburgh Tuesday 1-30pm 6 July 1909'.

Dates: 6 July 1909

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 12 September 1890 to 1895

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1

Scope and Contents Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael but also used by John Ewen MacRury. The front cover bears a sticker which reads 'Gaelic Notes 1894-5. (Collection of traditions, tales, etc. by Alexander Carmichael (?). Many pages cancelled, indicating publication.) [Carmichael Watson Collection]'. The flyleaf reads 'Gaelic Notes, 1894-5' and the rear flyleaf contains a jotting which reads 'Wishing Guidhe'. The beginning of the notebook contains field notes made by Carmichael in Uibhist a...

Dates: 12 September 1890 to 1895

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1893

Series

Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g

Scope and Contents Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael and used by both him and another user, probably a family member. The most notable item relates to his son Eoghan leaving home for Africa. Items written by the other user appear to be quotations in preparation for a piece of written work. There are a number of quotations and sayings copied by Carmichael himself and a good number of names and addresses of people, probably all Gaels, living in Glasgow or Edinburgh, some of whom are noted as having...

Dates: 1893

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notebook of poems and tales, late 19th-early 20th century

Series

Identifier: Coll-97/CW224

Scope and Contents Collection of poems and tales. Includes 15 poems headed 'Duaran agus Coll', 'A' Mhuireartach', 'Suire Osein', 'Bran', 'Mo Raothain', 'Laoidh an Amadain Mhoir', 'Na h-Airm', 'Bas Choirill', 'Bardachd Oisin', 'Togail Toireachd na Muireartach', 'Bas Dhiarmaid', 'Bas Oscar' and 'Laoidh na Nighne' (note that there is an error on the numbering of the pages before this poem). The notebook also includes the story of 'Mac Righ na Greige', extracts from 'Manus agus Cath Righ na Sorcha', and two Gaelic...

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notebook with assorted Gaelic notes, c late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW5

Scope and Contents

Notebook containing Gaelic riddles; newspaper cuttings; idiomatic phrases; guidheachan; anecdotes about fairies, mermaids; the Bean-nighe [Washing-woman], an t-Each Uisage [Water horse], Uilleam-dean-suidhe [William be seated], etc.

Dates: c late 19th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Note entitled 'Bardac na Feinne', 22 October 1864

Note entitled 'Preface', c1893

Note of Alexander Carmichael's address, 1887

Note of place, date and cost of purchase of notebook, 30 November 1864

Note of references to be checked, June 1887

Note on travel, 6 July 1909

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 12 September 1890 to 1895

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1893

Notebook of poems and tales, late 19th-early 20th century

Notebook with assorted Gaelic notes, c late 19th century

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