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'Hoirean o ro bhall Eile', 1883
Hymn beginning 'Chruth[aich] Dia an duin an tus' and vocabulary note, 1901
Hymn probably collected from Ann MacDonald, age 75, Achaderry, Glen Spean, Lochaber [Achadoire, Gleann Spean, Loch Abar, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire] beginning 'Chruth[aich] Dia an duin an tus, Gu staid bhean nan gras.' The song is composed of sixteen verses of four lines each.The vocabulary note, written transversely, reads 'shiollag = Glitter (bhiollag?)' and has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere. Beside verses four and five is written 'Modern'.
Hymn beginning 'Fhir a chruthaich fhir a chriu' and accompanying note, 1883
Hymn beginning 'Is gearr gus am bi chol sin' and vocabulary notes, 1901
Hymn probably collected from Ann MacDonald, age 75, Achaderry, Glen Spean, Lochaber [Achadoire, Gleann Spean, Loch Abar, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire] beginning 'Is gearr gus am bi chol sin, Air lothadh is air fail'. The song is composed of thirty lines mostly arranged in four line stanzas. Vocabulary notes indicate the word for 'limpid' and the word for 'shiny/shimmery'. The text has been scored through in pencil and in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Hymn entitled 'Laoi na h-Airi', August 1883
Hymn entitled 'Laoi Na h-Airi' beginning 'Mhoire ghradhach mathair Uain ghil'.
Hymn for the dying, 1901
Hymn for the dying collected from Peggie MacNeill, Gleann/Glen, Barraigh/Isle of Barra beginning 'M anamsa an a laimhs a Righ, A Righ na carach neo. The song is composed of nineteen lines. Peggie states that she heard the prayer from her father John MacNeill and she has taught them to her own children noting 'Both [her parents] had many many old hymns now lost and never heard - not even the name of them.' Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Incomplete note about a song and a MacIntyre woman, 1904
Incomplete note about a MacIntyre woman which reads 'Taigh Iona oran [-] Mairi [lianaidh]. She was a Macintyre. This woman'.
Index to the notebook, 1883
Index to the notebook headed 'Subject' and 'Page' although no page numbers are given. The index is incomplete.
Index to transcription notebook, c1870
Index to transcription notebook giving name of the transcribed song and the page number. The index is incomplete showing only three items.
Jacobite song entitled ['Duan tha An Cur an Seumas'], 23 September 1909
Jacobite song entitled ['Duan tha An Cur an Seumas'] collected from Miss Betsy Matheson, Dornie [An Dòirnidh, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] beginning 'Gun d[text missing] Bith caman ghlas a [-]'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.