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Sayings

 Subject
Subject Source: Sss
Scope Note: Created For = CW

Found in 132 Collections and/or Records:

Saying beginning 'Cha nionach usa bhi beirteach', 29 August 1870

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/109
Scope and Contents

Saying probably collected on Beinn na Faoghla/Benebcula beginning 'Cha nionach [th]usa bhi[th] beirteach, Mas a leat na bheil mi faicinn' and composed of eleven lines.

Dates: 29 August 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Saying beginning 'Co as thainig sibhs a dhuin', June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/192
Scope and Contents

Saying beginning 'Co as thainig sibhs a dhuin, Thainig a Rocabarrai'.

Dates: June 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Saying beginning 'Croc togal us Creagal conais' and accompanying vocabulary note, 8 July 1870

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/31
Scope and Contents

Saying collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay beginning 'Croc togal us Creagal conais, An Da Chroc is sona san Aird' said to have come from a 'poor woman who was driven from the place' The accompanying vocabulary note reads 'Pasgaite = Basket'.

Dates: 8 July 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Saying beginning 'Deir Columcille leinn (ruinn?)', c1875

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/130
Scope and Contents

Saying beginning 'Deir Columcille leinn (ruinn?) Gu ifrionn gu brath nach rachadh an fial' possibly collected from 'old John Dillon' [Carmichael puts a question mark next to Dillon's name].

Dates: c1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Saying beginning 'Dion sinn fein as (or dion) an cualach', August 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/116
Scope and Contents

Saying beginning 'Dion sinn fein as (or dion) an cualach'

Dates: August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Saying beginning 'Feuch rist e!', June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/52
Scope and Contents

Saying collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Baile Meadhanach/Ballymeanach, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Feuch rist e! Feuch rist e! Sguab as e! Sguab as e!'.

Dates: June 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Saying beginning 'Gheobhar fear an coill', c1876

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/91
Scope and Contents

Saying probably collected in Uibhist/Uist beginning 'Gheobhar fear an coill, Gheobhar mac am broinn'. The saying is composed of four lines. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: c1876
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Saying beginning 'Mar chumas neach a theanga', 13 September 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/117
Scope and Contents

Saying which reads 'Mar chumas neach a theanga an suil losgan, Chum rud a suil neach le theanga'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 13 September 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Saying beginning 'Seacaid mhaide agus peitein', c1892

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/78
Scope and Contents

Saying which reads 'Seacaid mhaide agus peitein iarrain a bhi na mu'n cuart air an duine fad la agus bliadhna a thug an [t eurball] os an lair agam.'

Dates: c1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Saying beginning 'T fhalt 'us t fhiona D. daoine', 7 August 1886

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/16
Scope and Contents

Saying collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaline [Loch Àlainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire], which reads 'T fhalt 'us t fhiona D. daoine, T ionga mhaol D sathurn.'

Dates: 7 August 1886
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

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