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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Written on the inside front cover is '2/9 1870. Oban' and on the flyleaf is '[deleted: Twas] Friday 2 Sep[tember]. 1870. 12 noon from Ob[an]'. Folios 1-3r and 75r to 117v are blank. The text on folio 3v and 4r and 4v is written updside down and is later text (29 January 1875). The contents are in two distinct sections, the first being material collected on Lios Mòr/Lismore and the second being material collected in South Uist. Much of the...

Dates: 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW111

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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Of the ninety-three folios in the notebook, only twenty-two have been used.

Dates: 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about 'Aithean guail', 7 August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/20

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Note collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaline [Loch Àlainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] which reads 'Aithean guail 6 or 7 of got in Bailiocrach Mull Ealaghual = wood coal, especially of the willow.' [Baile Ìochdrach, Gomastra/Isle of Gometra, Am Muile/Isle of Mull].

Dates: 7 August 1886

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about archaeological sites and the presence of wood on Lios Mòr/Lismore, September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/80

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Note that the caibeal [chapel] and leacain cinn [headstones] at Cilleachain [possibly Balimackillichan], Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, 'are still seen on the Eirebal mor'. Carmichael notes that theres are '3 Eirebals' namely Eirebal Mòr, Eirebal Beag and Eirebal-an-fhaing. The last places on the island to retain wood were Aoine and Alasra.

Dates: September 1870

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about Fasnacloich, August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/127

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Note about Fasnacloich [Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] that its old name was 'Baile na Callain' and that near there a scotch fir grows out of a boulder.

Dates: August 1883

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about yew and hazel, 29 August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/72

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Note about yew and hazel, stating that Glen Iur [Gleann Iubhair/Glen Ure, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] is full of yew, and that a hazel was taken from the garden to Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann] for the archers [Royal Company of Archers]. The word 'piollachadh' is given for 'lopping of trees'.

Dates: 29 August 1883

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note which reads 'One solitary plane tree near Tai[gh] mor Phort charrain', September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/76

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Note which reads 'One solitary plane tree near Tai[gh] mor Phort charrain' [Taigh Mòr, Port a' Charrain, Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Dates: September 1870

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

Story about a wife stolen by the fairies, 29 August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/82

Scope and Contents Story about a wife stolen by the fairies probably collected from Mary Carmichael, aged 71, Druimavuic, Glencreran [Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. In the story, the man, from Blar nan Laogh, Ach-nan-Con, Appin [Bàr nan Laogh, Achnacone, An Apainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] drags his wife by the ankle through a fire and discovers, as he suspected, that the fairies had replaced her with the trunk of an oak tree 'black stoc daraich'. The story states that the fairies are keen to take women for...

Dates: 29 August 1883

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Story about a yew tree and inheritance, September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/30

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Story about a yew tree on Bearnary [Bernera Island, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] that it sheltered a thousand men or twelve boats and that the island was never passed properly from father to son.

Dates: September 1870

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875

Note about 'Aithean guail', 7 August 1886

Note about archaeological sites and the presence of wood on Lios Mòr/Lismore, September 1870

Note about Fasnacloich, August 1883

Note about yew and hazel, 29 August 1883

Note which reads 'One solitary plane tree near Tai[gh] mor Phort charrain', September 1870

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 12 September 1890 to 1895

Story about a wife stolen by the fairies, 29 August 1883

Story about a yew tree and inheritance, September 1870

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