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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1883 to 1887
Milking song beginning 'Till an crodh', June 1887
Milking song probably collected on Ìle/Islay beginning 'Till an crodh, Till an crodh laoch' [crodh laoigh].
Note about the bird 'Balaire-bothan' [white-breasted cormorant] and fragment of a song, June 1887
Note about the bird 'Balaire-bothan' [white-breasted cormorant] probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Balaire-bothan larger than sgart [scart] - white spot on thigh'. Also includes a fragment of a song beginning 'Deoch do dh iarr balair bothair'.
Song beginning 'Cha tug baine gho'ar duit', September 1884
Song beginning 'Cha tug baine gho'ar duit' probably collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].
Song beginning 'Mo ghille du[bh] mo ghille dubh', September 1884
Song beginning 'Mo ghille du[bh] mo ghille dubh' probably collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].
Song entitled 'Cumha Cairistine', nd
Song entitled 'Cumha Cairistine' beginning 'Chairistine nach freagair thu mi, Cha fhreagair an nochd mo dhibhul mi'. The song is composed of thirty-eight lines, arranged into six verses of four lines each and a single line chorus. Annotations have been made to the text with alternative words or phrases, the annotation being separated from the main text with an oblique.
Song entitled 'Seathain Mac Righ Eirinn', nd
Song entitled 'Seathain Mac Righ Eirinn' beginning ''S mairg a chual e 's nach do dh innis e, Gun robh mo leanna 's am Minginish'. The text is not presented in verses but in seventy six consecutive lines and has been annotated in ink.