University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Dictionary of Gaelic Etymologies bound up from 17 notebooks in January 1889.

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Notebook containing miscellaneous notes by the Reverend Charles Robertson. Contents include a list of Gaelic loan-words, notes on aspiration, eclipsis and phonetics, sources of information concerning old Gaelic beliefs and lists of grammatical stems.

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Notebook belonging to Alexander MacBain of Inverness. It contains newspaper cutting of articles, written by Alexander MacBain, entitled 'The Gaelic Language: A Historical Sketch', 'Celtic and Old Gaelic Literature' and 'Old Gaelic Saga and Ballad Literature'.

Scope and Contents Notebook containing notes on Gaelic Grammar and Vocabulary. It is likely that these are class notes produced by the Rev Charles Robertson from Donald Mackinnon's lectures in the Celtic Department at Edinburgh University. This is possibly not the original notebook but a copy of Robertson's work. The notebook includes, notes on 'The Celt in English Art' taken from an article by Grant Allen in the Fortnightly Review February, 1891, pp267. Also notes on Old...

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Notebook containing philological notes by Alexander MacBain. Contents include notes on gaelic pronouns, prepositional pronouns, interrogatives, the article, compensatory lengthening and metathesis.

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Notebook containing Topographical and other notes by W.J. Watson. The book, which belonged to Ewen MacLachlan, contains 'Seachran Fhiachra Mhie Bhradaigh' and 'Aisling Fhiachra Mhic Bhradaigh', both written by Ewen MacLachlan. Also lists of early Scottish names, land measures, prehistoric tables, lists of Irish Saints, list of the Christian Kings of Ulster, 'Book of Armagh' extracts, superstitions, a register of pictish place names and notes on Gaelic in Galloway.

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Notebook marked 'Traditional Tales and Songs No. 3'. Contents include 'A Story of Fionn' (Gaelic) ; 'A Story of Alasdair Mac A Ridire' (Gaelic); and 'A Story of a king who had Three Knights, viz. Ridire Chuinn, Ridire Chlaidu and Ridire Dearg'. The writer is possibly Kenneth MacLeod

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Notebook marked 'Traditional Tales No. 1 . . . ' Contents include Gaelic prose tales 'Fionn' and 'Fergus and Conal'. The writer is possibly Kenneth MacLeod.