Vocabulary note for 'Creach' and 'Leid' and a note about fire, 22 August 1903
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW178/10
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note probably collected from Mary MacRae, Dùnan, Letterfearn, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty, which reads 'Creach = creadh. Leid = A fireplace on a triangle - triangle made to set a coin on it. A peat steeped in spirits makes good light'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 22 August 1903
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 20 folios ; 21 x 17 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 3v, line 1 to folio 3v, line 4
Subject
- MacRae, Mary, fl1903 (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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+44(0)131 650 8379
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