Story about whales and sharks and notes about squids and fish, June 1887
Scope and Contents
Story about whales and sharks probably collected on Ìle/Islay describing the whales a leaping twenty feet high and continuing to jump a long way from Glass Light up to Loch Bhrollam [Eilean Glas, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris and Loch Bhrollauim, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis]. Also makes notes about squid and describes the teeth, fins and blood of shark-like creatures. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 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 16v, line 20 to folio 17v, line 3
- Argyllshire Scotland
- Eilean Glas Scalpay Harris (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland
- Fish
- Islay Argyllshire Scotland
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Language
- Loch Bhrolluim Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Scalpay Harris (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland
- Sharks
- Squids
- Tales
- Vocabulary
- Whales
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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