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Note entitled 'Coithean or Cuman', 1894

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/50

Scope and Contents

Note by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Coithean or Cuman' about making pails for milking. The size of the 'bleoghean' varied according to the number of cattle to be milked in the fold. 'There were twelve staves in it a black and white in succession and the twelveth (sic) was five or six inches higher and thicker at the top. It was the handle.' If the staves of a 'Coithean' showed their original colour then the milkmaid was deemed 'clean and tidy and qualified to make butter and cheese.' There was also a pail called 'Noigean' described as 'both of the same shape and make.'

Dates

  • Creation: 1894

Language of Materials

Gaelic,English

Conditions Governing Access

This material is unrestricted.

Extent

From the Series: 114 folios ; 14 x 20 cm

Physical Location

5.07

Physical Location

folio 16v, line 1 to folio 16v, line 24

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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