Note about the bird 'Ian-bollach a ghort', 4 June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/14
Scope and Contents
Note about the bird 'Ian-bollach a ghort' [eun-ballach-a'-ghart or common bunting] that it nests in mid-summer in the corn and will stand on the top of a [fon-] unlike the reamhag [skylark]. 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 5r, line 15 to folio 5r, line 21
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