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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Of the ninety-three folios in the notebook, only twenty-two have been used.
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1868 to 16 June 1876
Note about the song 'Duan Na Muthairn', c1893
Note about the song 'Duan Na Muthairn' [Rune of the Muthairn], which was collected from Dun[can] MacLel[lan] Don[nachadh] Ban, Carnan, S[outh] U[ist] on 17 January 1874 that Duncan had heard it from an old woman 'who used to frequent his fathers house and who used to repeat long hymns night after night at the fire side.'
Song beginning 'Bra bra blath, Ho bra bra bleth', 28 May 1869 and 17 June 1869
Song collected from Duncan MacLellan, mason and crofter, Càrnan/Carnan, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Bra bra bleth, Ho ha bra bleth, Beil a chailleach a bhra'. The song is composed of twenty lines and has a number of annotations and amendments in pencil and ticks in ink marked against specific words/lines. 'Text has been scored through in ink and written transversely across it is 'B[ook] 3 P[-] [-] Tr[anscribed] 17 June 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'.
Song beginning 'Mis an noc a tighinn gar ionnsuidh', 17 January 1874
Song beginning 'Mis an noc a tighinn gar ionnsuidh, A dh urachadh dhuibh na Callaig' [Cairioll Callaig or Hogmanay Carol] collected from Duncan MacLellan, crofter, Càrnan/Carnan, South Uist [Uibhist a Deas].
Song beginning 'Mise noc a tin gar n ion', 17 January 1874
Song collected from Duncan MacLellan, clachair [mason], Càrnan/Carnan, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, beginning 'Mise noc[hd] a ti[ghin]n gar n ion[nsuidh], Dh ur[achadh] dhuibh na Callaig' [Cairioll Callaig or Hogmanay Carol]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Song beginning 'Nail i bho ho i, thoir liom gin a hi', 28 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Song entitled 'Duan Na Muthairne', 17 January 1874
Song entitled 'Duan Na Muthairne' collected from Dun[can] MacLellan, clachair [mason], Carnan [Càrnan, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Dunan na Muthairne a Ri[gh] na Greine, S Aluin Do Ghnuis da lub iarain'. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Song entitled 'Duan Na Muthairne', 17 January 1874
Song entitled 'Duan Na Muthairne' [Rune of the 'Muthairn'] collected from Duncan MacLellan, crofter, Càrnan/Carnan, South Uist [Càrnan, Uibhist a Deas] beginning 'A Righ na greine, Is aluinn do ghnuis'.
Song entitled 'Lorg An Ogain', 12 November 1870
Song entitled 'Lorg An Ogain' collected from Donnacha MacIlliallain [Duncan MacLellan] or Donnacha Bàn, mason and crofter, Carnan, Iocar, Uist a Chinne Deas [Càrnan, Iochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] on 10 January 1865, beginning 'Lorg an ogain seach an t-àth, Ceum an rothaid 'se ro-dhian'. The song has twenty-two verses and was transcribed from [field] notebook number I, page 17. Two additions have been made to the text in pencil.