Story about a sick woman in an unthatched house, 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/33
Scope and Contents
Story about a sick woman in an unthatched house on Miùghlaigh/Mingulay in which Carmichael was encouraged by 'My old friend Ruary' [Roderick MacNeil] to visit the sick woman even although Carmichael did not know her as Roderick thought she would appreciated it. On arriving at the house he was surprised that the woman was young and 'comely' but saw that she was completely paralysed with rheumatism. He also noticed that there was only a tiny amount of roof over the bed where she lay as 'The whole roof of the house like seven others in the colony had been taken in in spring for man[ure]'. Carmichael states that he asked the woman's husband to get the roof restored but he replied that the weather had been so warm that he had not realised that his wife had 'caught cold from the open house roof' and Carmichael quoted Fionn's saying to him 'Gao[th] romh tholl gao[th] fo sheol us gao[th] bharra nan tonn'.
Dates
- 1867
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 88 folios ; 16.6 x 19.8 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 63v, line 5 to folio 64r, line 3
Bibliography
Nicolson, Alexander, A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs and Phrases based on MacIntosh's Collection (Edinburgh, 1882), p. 192
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
is-crc@ed.ac.uk