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Notices of Carmina Gadelica, 1900-1903
'Oigh an Fhuilt Oir' [The maid of the golden hair], c 1861-1866
Tale begins 'Bha sid uair gille agus dh'falbh e dh'iarraidh cosnaigh agus rainig e Sasunn.' Recorded from Alasdair Donnullach [Alexander MacDonald] at 'Gleannose', Isle of Skye on 5 November 1861. Includes additional comments by Carmichael from 1865 and 1866.
Personal note about brutality, c1893
Personal note about brutality stating that there are 'many brutalitys' the 'most hateful' being the 'brutality of wealth'. The note also describes the strong man as brutal because of his strength and the ignorant man brutal because of his ignorance but these he 'can forgive'.
Personal note relating to the cladhs [graveyards] on Tarasaigh/Taransay, 9 July 1870
Personal note relating to the cladhs [graveyards] on Tarasaigh/Taransay noting how they made him think of 'Gray's elegy' and how 'I could wish to send the cut skull to the mu[seum] but am unwill[in]g to remove it. not right I think.'
Poem beginning 'Cold blow the wind through the chinks in the window', 5 October 1865
Poem [probably written by Alexander Carmichael] beginning 'Cold blow the wind through the chinks in the window' and addressed to a woman named Mary, although it appears that it was originally addressed to someone else possibly 'Jeanie'. The poem is composed of eight lines divided into two stanzas.
Programme for the First Annual Soiree of the Ossianic Society of Benbecula, 1878
Programme for the First Annual Soiree of the Ossianic Society of Benbecula, 3 May 1878, with Alexander Carmichael in the chair. Also includes the text of Carmichael's address (in Gaelic).
Remarks on the collection of dog tax in North Uist, c1871
Saying entitled 'Fairies', 1895
Saying entitled 'Fairies' beginning 'Naogh naoghanan a deol nan cioch'. The saying attributes nine nines of years [eighty one years] to each stage of life. Carmichael sums up that the lifespan for fairies would be 567 years. Text was written in ink and scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.
'Sgeul na Luireach' [The story of the breastplate], c 1861
Tale beginning 'Bha fear ann uair agus bha aige seanar mhac. Chaochail e agas cha do dh'fhag e sian an t-shaoghail aig a mhic ach luireach.' Recorded from Domhnall MacCuithein [Donald MacQueen], Fernilea, Isle of Skye.
Short account of a trip to Ìle/Islay, 1 June 1887
Short account of a trip to Ìle/Islay by Alexander Carmichael, describing how he landed at Port Ellen and drove to Bridgend finally travelling with his sister-in-law, Helen Carmichael and staying in Claidville [Port Ilein, Beul an Àtha and Cladville].