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Custom entitled 'Goisteachd' and 'Blood Brotherhood', 9 January 1895

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/70

Scope and Contents Custom written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Goisteachd' and additionally entitled 'Blood Brotherhood' by Alexander Carmichael. MacRury recalls how if two boys drew blood while playing then one would put blood on the back of the hand of the other and say 'roinn [rinn] mi goisteachd riut' and that would mean that they 'were friends in all plays henceforth', although frequently the bond was short-lived MacRury remarks 'there was something in it as the...

Dates: 9 January 1895

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Written on the inside front cover is '2/9 1870. Oban' and on the flyleaf is '[deleted: Twas] Friday 2 Sep[tember]. 1870. 12 noon from Ob[an]'. Folios 1-3r and 75r to 117v are blank. The text on folio 3v and 4r and 4v is written updside down and is later text (29 January 1875). The contents are in two distinct sections, the first being material collected on Lios Mòr/Lismore and the second being material collected in South Uist. Much of the...

Dates: 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about breid an crannaig, c1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/77

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Note about breid an crannaig, that it 'was the crosgaoileit worn on infants a triangular pice of cloth on on[e] side of the head on m[arried] women'.

Dates: c1872

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Saying beginning 'Boise boise bitheagan' and accompanying vocabulary note, 1904

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW178/44

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Saying beginning 'Boise boise bitheagan, Thug am fithach uaine' and accompanying vocabulary note, which reads 'Rud beag = iasad be[a]g'.

Dates: 1904

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Story entitled 'An leanabh Ileach' and vocabulary note, August 1909

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/53

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Story entitled 'An leanabh Ileach' in which a mother feeding her child spills egg over its mouth but pretends that it is ruddy and healthy 'Mo ruiteachan mo ruiteachan' but the child points out that the food missed his mouth. The vocabulary note reads 'Uaillean = Valentine'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: August 1909

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Vocabulary note entitled 'Al & Fual', 1895

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/77

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Vocabulary note written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Al & Fual' including 'Al is generally one of the old Celtic names for water' citing examples such as 'Algeal an old decease common to young people if weak spine which generally follows after too much running in hot weather.' Text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1895

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Vocabulary note entitled 'Heigir or Eigir', 1895

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/76

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Vocabulary note written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Heigir or Eigir' describing the term as being commonly used amongst old highlanders and 'often used as a nick-name ofr hald grown boys, having a pale looking face long thin bones and bent inwards casan cuiladh or cuile.' He describes how it is pronounced in different parts of Gaelic-speaking Scotland with examples of expressions. Text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1895

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections