Note about the plant searbanach and Angus Ross, crofter, and accompanying vocabulary note, 29 July 1909
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/33
Scope and Contents
Note about the plant searbanach and Angus Ross, crofter, that searbanach is the plant he uses to stop bleeding. A physical description of Ross is given and also that he stated 'The power to stop blood is from God not from me. I ask him and he gives.' Also a note of vocabulary which reads 'Cumar = Narrow = Cumhann'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 29 July 1909
Language of Materials
English,Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 39 folios ; 20.2 x 16.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 6r, line 15 to folio 6v, line 6
Subject
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
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk