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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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