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Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, inscribed on the inside cover with 'Alexander A Carmichael Inland Revenue Lochmaddy N[orth] Uist 15/7 1870 Note Book No 8'. The majority of this notebook contains material collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay from the MacDonalds at Paible House, Mor or Marion MacQueen and Donald MacKinnon including notes on the island's archaeology, local history and geographical changes, with stories of how coastal erosion revealed burial sites and renditions of...

Dates: 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

List of words and accompanying couplet, 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/178

Scope and Contents

List of words and accompanying couplet which read 'Cugram = , Gigean thom, Geigean = , Breumar an teighe, 'S geugean no fo thighe.'

Dates: 1894

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about the Abrach, October 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/113

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Note about the Abrach describing it as 'the one with the long sgonan tied to the rafter. The abrach sits upon a lè'un [Beristis] the cros-bar in up & mialaire the perpendicular going thro[ugh] the lower [griern].' The legibility of this text is poor.

Dates: October 1872

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Vocabulary note for Eiteag and accompanying song fragment, 7 August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/19

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Vocabulary note collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaline [Loch Àlainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] which reads 'Eiteag = Quay stone egg shaped Deideag = .' The song fragment begins 'San an tai ghlas a bha n Deideag' and a note added reads 'See Allt-an t suain'.

Dates: 7 August 1886

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Vocabulary note relating to thatch, 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/143

Scope and Contents

Vocabulary note which reads 'Dromanach = the forked stick going into the thatch of a house. Sguilbh Sgolbh = the rods going into the thatch along the edge.'

Dates: 1894

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections