Proverbs and beliefs about weather and seasons, c1861
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW109/8
Scope and Contents
Proverbs and beliefs about weather and seasons probably collected in An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye including that whatever way the wind is blowing at midnight on 'Dialuiain traosda' [Di-luain Traosta or Handsel Monday] that will be the direction of the prevailing wind that year; and the rhyme 'Mios faoillich us naoi la sguaibaig a suas an Tearrach' ['Mìios Faoilich, Naoi latha gearrainn, Trì latha sguabaig, Suas an t-earrach.'].
Dates
- Creation: c1861
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)
Language of Materials
Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Full Extent
From the Series: 3 notebooks of 80 folios ; 21 x 25 cm
Physical Location
CW107-121
Physical Location
folio 20v, line 1 to folio 20v, line 35
Bibliography
Campbell, John Gregorson and Black, Ronald, ed., The Gaelic Otherworld, chapter 'The Celtic Year' (Edinburgh, 2005) pp 527-572.
MacRury, Rev John, Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, vol 17, Màirnealachd agus rud neo dhà eile (Inverness, ) pp 17-31.
MacRury, Rev John, Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, vol 17, Màirnealachd agus rud neo dhà eile (Inverness, ) pp 17-31.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Repository Details
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