Note about the bird 'Glaistean-tragha', 4 June 1887
Scope and Contents
Note about the bird 'Glaistean-tragha' [a small bird like a finch] that it is a shore bird which only eats food from the sea or the shore and does not feed from the land. Text has been scored through in pencil perhaps to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 4 June 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 3v, line 17 to folio 3v, line 19
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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