Custom relating to La Fheill Brìde [St Bride's Day], 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/1
Scope and Contents
Custom relating to La Fheill Brìde [St Bride's Day] describing how Mrs Major MacLeod also known as 'Major Ann', the daughter of Flora MacDonald, removed the stocking from her foot and pounded a piece of peat on the doorstep while reciting a verse beginning 'An diu[gh] la [Fhe]ill Bride, Thig nigh[ean] Imhair as an toll'. Text has been scored through in ink perhaps to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 1887
Language of Materials
English Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 53 folios ; 17.2 x 10.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 1r, line 1 to folio 1r, line 10
Bibliography
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmicna Gadelica, vol. I (Edinburgh, 1900), pp 169-170
Subject
- Bride, Saint, c453-525 (Kildare) (Person)
- MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790 (Jacobite) (Person)
- MacLeod, Ann, 1754-1834 ('Major Ann' | wife of Major MacLeod of Stein | daughter of Flora MacDonald | Isle of Skye) (Person)
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
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk