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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael probably while he lived at 31, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, as this address is written in ink on the first folio. Written on the inside front cover but heavily scored is text which reads 'Mrs Malcolm MacLeod, [- Islay], widow of Mal[colm] MacLeod [Loch-]. The majority of the notebook contains material collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/ Islay relating folklore and natural history about the birds, fish, shellfish and animals found in and...

Dates: 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about insects, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/147

Scope and Contents

Note about insects that they are 'complicated'; that 'The gorgeous drag[on]fly being the bloodyiest (sic) thing in all creation'; that 'Cobhar na Cuthaig is an insect' and that 'Little fleas have lesser fleas upon their legs'.

Dates: June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes about fish and snakes, 24 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/119

Scope and Contents

Notes about fish and snakes collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann] including that the skate has no roe, snakes have eggs like hens and the dogfish has no ribs, only a spine. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 24 June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Verse entitled 'Eolas an Spealaidh' and vocabulary note, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/145

Scope and Contents

Humorous verse entitled 'Eolas an Spealaidh' , which reads 'Cum bogha air do chorp, 'S cum a mach do thiumpan.' The vocabulary note reads 'Tiumpan = the posterior = Deireadh.'

Dates: June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Vocabulary list for fish and shellfish and some related sayings, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/178

Scope and Contents

Vocabulary list for fish and shellfish, including several descriptions of fish such as 'Falmair = Large teeth col[our] of Salm[on] as long + lith[e as an] eel - coarse fish'; 'Cilig = Cod'; 'Sachasan = sand eel' and some related sayings including 'S boc[hd] an clad[ach] air nach fhaig[hear] maor[aich]'.

Dates: June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Vocabulary list for types of placenta, 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/144

Scope and Contents

Vocabulary list for types of placenta composed of 'Tearnadh', 'Cruthach', 'Bathar' and 'Seile' being respectively the placentas of a woman, mare, cow and lastly hind, sheep and goat.

Dates: 1894

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Vocabulary note for 'siadhan' ['testicle'] and 'sgeul-ruin' ['secret'], c1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/79

Scope and Contents

Vocabulary note for 'siadhan' ['testicle'] and 'sgeul-ruin' ['secret'].

Dates: c1872

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Vocabulary note for 'Tosdaidh front teats', 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/139

Scope and Contents

Vocabulary note which reads 'Tosdaidh front teats tondaidh hind teats.'

Dates: 1894

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Vocabulary note for 'Truis = Druis = Pig', 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/138

Scope and Contents

Vocabulary note which reads 'Truis = Druis = Pig sow the native pigs of Uist. White & spotted. Small ears standing upright. Short snouts easy fed. Strong bristly. Extinct now 1894.'

Dates: 1894

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887

Note about insects, June 1887

Notes about fish and snakes, 24 June 1887

Verse entitled 'Eolas an Spealaidh' and vocabulary note, June 1887

Vocabulary list for fish and shellfish and some related sayings, June 1887

Vocabulary list for types of placenta, 1894

Vocabulary note for 'siadhan' ['testicle'] and 'sgeul-ruin' ['secret'], c1872

Vocabulary note for 'Tosdaidh front teats', 1894

Vocabulary note for 'Truis = Druis = Pig', 1894

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