Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
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).
Saying entitled 'Fairies', 1895
Saying entitled 'Fairies' beginning 'Naogh naoghanan a deol nan cioch'. The saying attributes nine nines of years [eighty one years] to each stage of life. Carmichael sums up that the lifespan for fairies would be 567 years. Text was written in ink and scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.
Three sayings or proverbs, 1895
Three sayings or proverbs beginning 'Is furasda dh'fhear eisdeachd Beum fhaighinn/thoir a dh-fhear labhairt'; 'Co seolta ri sionnach na Maoile' and 'Mionnan bi-bhuan da a mac'.
Vocabulary note for 'Cochair', 1895
Vocabulary note written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula for 'Co chair' defining it as 'an old Gaelic word, signifying a small gift given with a good warm feeling.' Alexander Carmichael appears to have annotated 'Co chair' as 'cochair'. Text has been scored through in pencil.