Prayer beginning 'A Sp[ioraid] naomh is mo neart', 13 June 1901
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/21
Scope and Contents
Prayer beginning 'A Sp[ioraid] naomh is mo neart' collected from Catriona Macniell [Catherine MacNeill], cottar, Breuvaig [Brèibhig/Brevig, Barraigh/Isle of Barra]. The prayer is set out in ten verses of four lines each. Adjacent to the first verse is written 'Copied' and the text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere. Catriona is described as 'all alone in a poor bothag.'
Dates
- Creation: 13 June 1901
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 122 folios ; 16.5 cm x 21 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 8r, line 1 to folio 9r, line 13
Subject
- MacNeil, Catherine, c1852-1906 (Person)
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
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
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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