Story and notes about fishing around St Kilda, June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/168
Scope and Contents
Story and notes about fishing around St Kilda [Hiorta] including that ''Traille' [tusk] can be found on the east side but not the west side of the island; that skate can be found on the north west side; that the informant once caught two sharks off St Kilda; that sharks were like dog fish: dark back and fair belly and that 'Lin[g]' are 'very large there'.
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 34r, line 9 to folio 34r, line 20
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