Charm entitled 'Eolas Pronnai' and accompanying story, 3 February 1874
Scope and Contents
Charm entitled 'Eolas Pronnai' [Charm for a Bruise] collected from Ranald MacDonald, aged 81 years, Geàrraidh na Mònadh/Garrynamonie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, beginning 'An ora chuir Cal[um]-cille ris cois a ghille sa ghleann. Iocai[dh] an cnei[mhe] lium'. MacDonald states that he still uses the charm and that people who fall and are bruised but not cut come to him for the charm. The story he tells describes how when the road at Trossaridh [Trosaraidh] near Geàrraidh na Mònadh/Garrynamonie was being dug '21 y[ea]rs ago' (c1853), the peat contained 'trees with nuts still adhering' four feet down. They were taken home and 'made into couples'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 3 February 1874
Language of Materials
English Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 93 folios ; 20.5 x 13.2 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 12v, line 4 to folio 13r, line 12
Subject
- Columba, Saint, c 521-?597 (monastic founder | Calum Cille) (Person)
- MacDonald, Ranald, c1794-1874 (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
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