Vocabulary note for Cairiste or Presan, 1867
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note for Cairiste or Presan describing it as a payment to the landlord for a half pennyland which is made up of six yards of linen, two stones of butter, two and a half stones of cheese and three bolls of oatmeal. 'Fear na feorlig' or someone with a farthing land (half of a half pennyland) would pay half of the quantity listed.
Dates
- Creation: 1867
Language of Materials
Gaelic
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 73v, line 6 to folio 73v, line 10
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)
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