Vocabulary note and story about the name Dustaidh, 18 May 1895
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/104
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note and story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula about the name Dustaidh, stating that it is the modern term for a bad kelper. 'A man that did not burn the sea weed well and in the usual manner, was known to have a great deal of duast dust, which would require to be reburnt with some well seasoned seaweed very carefully.' A man in Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist became known as dustaidh following a season kelp-making on Rona [Rònaigh/Ronay] 'the ground officer who was also kelp officer gave him a slump sum for his dust and procured another practical man'. His daughter, Mary, became known as 'nighean ruadh dhustaidh' although she was described as 'a very upright industrious woman, and never thought of the name, no more than her Christian name'.
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 109v, line 9 to folio 110r, line 18
- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
- Biography
- Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Dustaidh, c1875 (kelper | North Uist | Inverness-shire)
- Family History
- Kelp industry
- Kelps
- Language
- MacRury, John Ewen, c1853-1909 (Torlum | Benbecula)
- Mary, fl1895 (Nighean Ruadh Dhustaidh | Cairinis | North Uist)
- Names
- North Uist (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Seaweed
- Tales
- 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
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
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