Note about 'Cragan agus Suileag', 29 August 1868
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/8
Scope and Contents
Note about 'Cragan agus Suileag' collected from Angus MacAulay, aged 82, An Cnoc/Knock, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis stating that cnagain are made from clay beaten with a stick until it is 'tough and consistent' after which it is 'built up layer by layer like planking a boat'. Also a vocabulary note stating that a 'sgeip[is] a thing for souring cream'. Either a sgeip or a cnagan is noted as having been bought from John MacLeod of Paible [Pabail Uarach/Upper Bayble or Pabail Iarach/Lower Bayble].
Dates
- 29 August 1868
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 64 folios ; 17 x 20.3 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 3r, line 5 to folio 3r, line 10
- An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Drinking vessels
- Food
- Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Language
- MacAulay, Angus, c1788-fl1870 (An Cnoc | Isle of Lewis | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland)
- MacLeod, John, c1870 (Paibil | Isle of Lewis | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland)
- Pabail Iarach Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Pabail Uarach Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Vocabulary
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 Edinburgh University Library Special Collections Repository
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University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
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