Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 280 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing proverbs; Fenian tales; stories about shipwrecks; Roderick Morison 'An Clàrsair Dall' and his father John Morison tacksman of Bragar; the Beaton family; and about sea-faring; notes about islands in the Sound of Harris; and a small amount of vocabulary.
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing an essay entitled 'Bards and Bardism of the Highlands'; some notes on archaeology in Barra [Barraigh], Vatersay [Bhatarsaigh] and Sandray [Sanndraigh]; Fenian songs and poems; songs and poems relating to the MacDonalds; and a story entitled 'Prince Charlie's Pipe' mostly collected from South Uist [Uibhist a Deas] and Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla].
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1874, 1877 and 1891
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1901
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Fragment of a poem beginning 'Is mithich dhuinn nis bhi triall' and accompanying note, June 1887
Fragment of a poem beginning 'Is mithich dhuinn nis bhi triall, As Barra Chrian nach d fhas pailt' and accompanying note which reads 'Sligean [shell] used for drinking Creachain used on Sunday in on top of Ruaival by Prof Blackie Mr Jolly + self.'
Fragment of a song beginning 'Cnamh do chir chaor lom', 1901
Fragment of a song beginning 'Cnamh do chir chaor lom' probably collected on the Isle of Barra [Barraigh]. Only three lines of the song are given. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Fragment of a song entitled 'Fearann na Fonn' and accompanying note, September 1872
Fragment of a song entitled 'Fearann na Fonn' beginning 'Eir an dean an lorg, Steach o chuain mor' [Am Bròn Binn or The Sweet Sorrow] and accompanying note which tells how Conn told his wife in a dream that a witch had killed him and that this 'information put a stop to their visionary longings'. The song was probably collected on the Isle of Barra [Barraigh]. Text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere. This item is a continuation of Coll-97/CW90/121.
Fragment of a song entitled 'Port Tigh Ramsay', 1901
Fragment of a song entitled 'Port Tigh Ramsay' probably collected on the Isle of Barra [Barraigh] beginning 'An rud a bh-aig an t straigeir / saighdear'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.