Note entitled 'Butterfly', 1894
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/45
Scope and Contents
Note by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Butterfly' describing how the 'Dalan De' of golden colour if seen flying over a corpse signifies that their spirit is in heaven. The superstition only applies to this particular kind of butterfly. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 1894
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 13v, line 16 to folio 14r, line 8
Bibliography
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol. II (Edinburgh, 1941), pp. 267-268
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol. IV (Edinburgh, 1941), pp. 4-5
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol. IV (Edinburgh, 1941), pp. 4-5
Subject
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
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heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk