Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 211 Collections and/or Records:
Prayer entitled 'Altacha[dh] Leapa', 29 February 1884
Prayer entitled 'Altacha[dh] Leapa' collected from Alexander MacMillan, policeman in Edinburgh from Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla], beginning 'Tha mise dol a lai[ghe] noc[hd]'. Text has been scored through as if copied elsewhere.
Prayer entitled 'Altachadh Leapa'', 21 December 1855
Prayer entitled 'Altachadh Leapa' beginning 'Tha mise cur m' anama 's mo chuirp' collected from Donald MacDonald, crofter, Griminish, Benbecula [Griminis, Beinn na Faoghla]. The text has been scored through in pencil and has an addition made to the text also in pencil.
Prayer entitled 'Altachadh Leapa', 21 December 1885
Prayer entitled 'Altachadh Leapa' collected from Donald MacDonald, crofter, Griminish, Benbecula [Griminis, Beinn na Faoghla] beginning 'Laidhidh mise noc, Le Moire s le Mac'. The text has been scored through in pencil and two additions to the text have been made also in pencil.
Prayer entitled 'An t altacha Leaba' and accompanying note, 28 October 1872
Prayer entitled 'An Urnaigh Chadail', 10 September 1885
Prayer entitled 'An Urnaigh Chadail' collected from Donald MacDonald, crofter, Griminish, Benbecula [Griminis, Beinn na Faoghla] beginning 'Tha mise noc/nis a dol a chadal'. The prayer is composed of nine lines. A number of additions have been made to the text in pencil and ink and the text has been scored through in pencil.
[Prayer] entitled 'Sloinnidh Brìde', 21 December 1885
[Prayer] entitled 'Sloinnidh Brìde' collected from Donald MacDonald, crofter, Griminish, Benbecula [Griminis, Beinn na Faoghla] beginning 'Sloinnidh ban-naomh Bride muime Chriosda, Bride nighean Dughaill duinn'. Text has been scored through in pencil.
Prayer entitled 'Urni smal an Teine', 28 October 1872
Prayer entitled 'Urni smal an Teine' [Ùrnaigh Smàladh An Teine or Smooring the Fire] collected from Archibald Currie, shoemaker, aged forty-six, Àird na Monadh, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Smal mis noc an teine, Mar a smal mhac Moire'. Text has been scored through in ink and written transversely across it is 'Transcribed into B[ook] III p. 186 A[lexander] A[rchibald] Carmichael Creagorry 4 October 1875.' [Creag Ghoraidh, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula].
Programme for the First Annual Soiree of the Ossianic Society of Benbecula, 1878
Programme for the First Annual Soiree of the Ossianic Society of Benbecula, 3 May 1878, with Alexander Carmichael in the chair. Also includes the text of Carmichael's address (in Gaelic).
Prophecy about a battle at Aird-nan-ceann
Story probably collected from Hector MacLeod, aged 85, at Caisteal Bhuirgh/Borve Castle, Lionacleit/Linaclate, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula of a prophecy about a battle to be fought at Aird-nan-ceann, which is between Caisteal Bhuirgh/Borve Castle and Braobh-fhaothail, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula. The story quotes the prophecy of Cainneach Oar [Coinneach Odhar or Kenneth MacKenzie].
Prophecy about Benbecula by Coinneach Odhar, 6 February 1885
Prophecy about Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla] by Coinneach Odhar collected from Sorch[a] MacPherson, 'our excellent servant', 31 Raeburn Place [Dùn Èideann/Edinburgh]. The prophecy begins 'Aird nan ceann, Aird nan ceann, Is math liom fhein nach mi bhios ann'.