Story about Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 16 September 1890
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/18
Scope and Contents
Story about Prince Charles Edward Stuart [Bonnie Prince Charlie], that he had a drink of milk from a black sheep on Brai Bhornish [Bràigh Bhornais, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] and that a party of red soldiers asked a man if they had seen the Prince, to which he replied that he had just parted company with him. The soldiers ordered him to take them to the Prince and that they would reward him so he took them up Drimore [Driomor] and all but one of the soldiers fell away, whereupon the man hit 'struck him in the ear & felled him & left him there! & took himself off.' The man was Eachan mac Mhurchai[dh] ic Ille Mhoire, Drimsdale [Dreumasdal]. Lastly, Flora MacDonald was said to have struck the Prince with a towel 'because he did not wish milk boyns right when soldi[er]s were pass[ing]. This was the sorest blow he ever got he said.' Text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- 16 September 1890
Language of Materials
English,Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 114 folios ; 14 x 20 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 5v, line 9 to folio 6r, line 11
- Bonnie Prince Charlie | 1720-1788
- Drimsdale South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Driomor South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Eachann mac Mhurchaidh ic Ille Mhoire, fl1745 (Dreumasdal | South Uist)
- Jacobites
- MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790 (Jacobite)
- Milk
- Sheep
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, Prince, 1720-1788 ('Bonnie Prince Charlie' | 'The Young Pretender')
- Tales
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
is-crc@ed.ac.uk