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Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111
Scope and Contents
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
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. The marjority of the notebook relates to material collected in Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire but there are a number of loose leaves at the end which contain an account of a journey from Uibhist/Uist through An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye, during which time his wife, Mary is in Edinburgh and is pregnant. There are eight blank folios at the end of the notebook. Much of the material in this notebook was collected from Duncan...
Dates:
c1872-1893
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108
Scope and Contents
Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing songs, poems, tales, names, vocabulary and expressions collected in the Outer Hebrides [Na h-Eileanan an Iar]. The first part of the volume contains transcriptions taken as Carmichael listened to informants in 1877 while the second part appears to be copies of previous transcriptions of material collected by Carmichael and Rev Malcolm MacPhail in 1874 and written into the notebook in 1891. Amongst the material is a version of the lament...
Dates:
1874, 1877 and 1891
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/96
Scope and Contents
Fragment of a poem or sayings written down by John Ewen MacRury in ink entitled 'Bailgfhionn' [white-bellied calf] which reads 'Laoigh Bhailfhionn an t seann-duine call codach, Laoigh Bhailgfhionn an duine oig cur ann codach.'
Dates:
1895
Series
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
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/37
Scope and Contents
Sheiling rhyme entitled 'Rann Airi' [Rann Àirigh] beginning 'Cuiri mi n aire mach' collected from John MacInnes, Iain mac Phadruig, age 74, Staoligearry, South Uist [Stadhlaigearraidh/Stilligarry, Uibhist a Deas]. The poem is composed of eight lines. This text has been scored through perhaps indicating it has been transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
30 March 1877
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/82
Scope and Contents
Fair copy of a sheiling rhyme entitled 'Rann Airidh' [Rann À irigh] collected from John Macinnes [Iain mac Phadruig], age 74, crofter, Staoligearry [Stadhlaigearraidh/Stilligarry, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. Poem begins 'Cuiridh mi 'n aire a mach, Air bharra nan speach' and is composed of seven lines. This text has been scored through perhaps indicating it has been transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
30 March 1877
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW119/52
Scope and Contents
Story collected from an unnamed female informant at Haclait/Hacklet, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula about Sithein a Bhealaich [] a fairy hill which the informant claims she herself once saw alight one night.
Dates:
10 April 1872
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87
Scope and Contents
Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing material collected between October 1867 and December 1885. The material dated from 1883 to 1885 was probably written down at source. The notebook is marked as 'No IV' and the inside cover gives his address as 30 Royal Circus, Edinburgh [Dun Eideann] and the date as 16 November 1883. The material transcribed and collected in this notebook includes love songs, religious songs, waulking songs and songs relating to cattle. Much...
Dates:
1883 to 1885
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/35
Scope and Contents
Verse beginning 'Tha bhean is bo, bu nabainn dhomh a gleann' and composed of seven lines.
Dates:
1892
