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Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/126
Scope and Contents
Charm called 'Casga fala' beginning Rug[adh] Ios[a] am Beth[lehem] and accompanying note stating that in some places it was used by the ban-ghluin [bean-ghlùin - midwife] and also that the Perthshire form of midwife is 'b[e]an-phlaid[e]'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
September 1909
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/48
Scope and Contents
Charm entitled 'Bun Dearg' [Charm of the Red Water] beginning 'An t-eolas a rinn Calum-cille, Us leth chas sa churrachan'. The accompanying note gives vocabulary for plants which have medicinal properties, citing their uses for example 'The splitting of the human hair at the point is called gadmunn. The plant called the gadmunn prevents this hence the name.' Mention is also made of the availability of the plants in Iochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist. The plants are used for ailments in both...
Dates:
c1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/134
Scope and Contents
Charm entitled 'Casga Fala' collected from John Beaton, cripple, Badan Mhugaidh beginning 'Tha e leos leis na cead tu roinn le An Athar'. The vocabulary note reads 'Leos = Lews = Losgadh na abhair'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
17 September 1909
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/25
Scope and Contents
Charm entitled 'Eolas An t-Snaimh (Sprain)' [Charm for Sprain] beginning 'Chaidh Criosda mach air maduin mhoich, Fhuair e cas nan each nas spruileach mu seach'. Carmichael notes two other terms for 'sprain', namely 'sgiuchadh' and 'siachadh' and that the charm is repeated 'three times over the broken limb'. The charm is noted as having been transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
c1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/289
Scope and Contents
Expression collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] which reads 'Buil an suil, buil an glun, buil an uilinn Cha be chradh a chniodachadh.'
Dates:
September 1884
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing material collected mostly in An Apainn/Appin and Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire. A large proportion of the stories and biographical information about Appin was collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, who was known as Dòmhnall a' Bhrocair. Amongst the material collected from Dòmhnall a' Bhrocair are proverbs, sayings, customs, stories about local figures and families and historic anecdotes. The other main...
Dates:
1883 to 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/77
Scope and Contents
Note about 'an t-eòlas balbh' [the dumb charm] that it takes the sting out of a burn. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
August 1909
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/93
Scope and Contents
Story about an encounter with a fairy while gathering plants for healing and accompanying song collected from Catrine Pearson [Catherine MacFarlane née MacPherson, Ceanntangabhal/Kentangaval, Barraigh/Isle of Barra]. The story tells how Niall Pearson of Bruarnis [Neil MacPherson, Bruairnis/Bruernish] was at Drollam [Drolum] cutting cairst-leanna or braonan-a-choin [cairt-leamhna or braonan-nan-con, tuberous bitter vetch or dog carmillion], which is good for diahorrea or tanning leather, and...
Dates:
24 September 1872
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7
Scope and Contents
Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing mainly Fenian songs and cattle charms. Most of the charms relate to cattle and working in the dairy and so are recited for the protection and healing of cattle, although there are some charms for protecting and healing people as well. A number of the charms include the use of medicinal plants, for which there is additional vocabulary. Carmichael also includes charms and customs for predicting marriage partners. Almost all of...
Dates:
1865-1886
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87
Scope and Contents
Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing material collected between October 1867 and December 1885. The material dated from 1883 to 1885 was probably written down at source. The notebook is marked as 'No IV' and the inside cover gives his address as 30 Royal Circus, Edinburgh [Dun Eideann] and the date as 16 November 1883. The material transcribed and collected in this notebook includes love songs, religious songs, waulking songs and songs relating to cattle. Much...
Dates:
1883 to 1885
