Vocabulary note and story about the name Cruaicean, 18 May 1895
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/101
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note and story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula about the name Cruaicean. He states that it is 'applied to a short thick stout man of considerable strength. Cruaic a short stump of a tree or a course (sic) piece of timber'. A man from Rona, North Uist [Rònaigh/Ronay, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] who was known as Cruaicean emigrated to America with his family about sixty years before [c1835] where they are known as 'Clann Chruaicean'.
Dates
- 18 May 1895
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 108v, line 19 to folio 109r, line 10
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Biography
- Clann Chruaicean (America)
- Cruaicean, fl1835
- Family History
- Language
- MacRury, John Ewen, c1853-1909 (Torlum | Benbecula)
- Names
- North Uist (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Physical Characteristics
- Tales
- Trees
- Vocabulary
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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University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk