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Collection of Gaelic and English Words written by the Rev Alexander Cameron, late 19th century
Early Gaelic vocabulary list, c late 19th century
Early Gaelic vocabulary list.
Notebook of manuscript vocabulary, 1885-1895
This appears to be a notebook perhaps used for teaching and researching. It contains a list of words found in manuscripts, along with their modern Scottish Gaelic word, and sometimes a translation or explanation in English.
Notebook. Untitled, 1886
In the front, an article published by Donald Mackinnon in the 'Celtic Magazine', December 1886, on the topic of 'loanwords in Gaelic' has been removed from its original source and has been glued into this notebook. Towards the back of the notebook, there are word lists that appear to be notes in preparation for a dictionary of loanwords in Gaelic. Many pages in the notebook, however, is empty.
Vocabulary note entitled 'Heigir or Eigir', 1895
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.