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North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 238 Collections and/or Records:

List of names, probably informants, c1893

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/39
Scope and Contents

List of names, probably informants comprising Duncan MacLellan, Neill MacNeil 'mac Iain bhain', Isobel Chisholm and 'Barbal Drimsdale'.

Dates: c1893
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

List of 'Tobacco Licences' in North Uist, c1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/118
Scope and Contents

List of 'Tobacco Licences' in North Uist [Uibhist a Tuath] composed of the name and abode of eleven islanders, written by Alexander Carmichael and notes against some of them written by Robert Urquhart, preventive officer. Spaces within the list have been used by Carmichael for his folklore notes. The notes on folio 46r have been scored through.

Dates: c1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Material relating to antiquarian and archaeological sites in the Outer Hebrides, late 19th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW362
Scope and Contents Assorted draft articles, sketches and correspondence relating to antiquarian and archaeological sites in Uist and Barra. Among the material is a manuscript by Alexander Carmichael titled 'Promiscuous [sic] Antiquities in the Long Island, anciently known as Innis Cat and now known as Innis Fada or Eileinn Fada', 27 April 1872; and a sketchbook titled 'Feudal Castles of the Outer Hebrides'; a manuscript by Captain F.W.L. Thomas titled 'On the Defensive Architecture of the Outer Hebrides';...
Dates: late 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Milking song, 1877

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/8
Scope and Contents

Milking song entitled 'Tuladh a Chruidh' beginning 'Bi buar shiod eir na h aighean laoi so' probably collected from Mary Stewart, age 76, Malacleit [Malaclate, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] also known as Màiri Bhreac, sean bhanachaig [old dairywoman]. The song is composed of thirteen lines with the first three being arranged in a separate stanza to the remaining ten. The text has been scored over with note saying 'Transcribed'.

Dates: 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about a stone circle, 1877

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/48
Scope and Contents

Note about a stone circle called 'Sornach Corr-Fhinn' at Langas, North Uist [Sornach Coir' Fhinn, Langais, Uibhist a Tuath]. Carmichael states 'Many stones still stand in the circle round though many are fallen'.

Dates: 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about a teacher named Scott, October 1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/43
Scope and Contents

Note about a teacher named Scott which reads 'Scott was teaching at Illanahairi no relation. In Gleann na h-aile.' [possibly Eilean na h-Àirigh, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist and Gleann an h-Iola/Glenahyle, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Dates: October 1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Note about Cladh Cliaminn, November 1873

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/22
Scope and Contents

Note about Cladh Cliaminn [St Clement's Graveyard, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] that there is a 'pollag' [small pit] there which 'was never seen dry - always wet or moist.'

Dates: November 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Note about Eilean Trostain, 1869

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW107/56
Scope and Contents

Note indicating that Eilean Trostain at Àird an Rùnair [Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] is named after St Drostan.

Dates: 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about funeral customs, c1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/116
Scope and Contents

Note about funeral customs including that in Barra [Barraigh] corpses were left above ground for forty-eight hours, while in Uist [Uibhist] it would be three, four or five days; that 'an t-seisig' was 'the tuirream after the corpse'; and that John MacDonald of Strombane's father [Srom Bàn, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] used to pipe after the funeral. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere and a small addition has been made in ink.

Dates: c1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about gravestones and tree stumps, February 1874

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/60
Scope and Contents

Note about gravestones, which are 'on end in sand on w[est] side of Cairnish bay' [Cairinis/Carinish, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] and tree stumps which are visible at low water on Pabbay [Pabaigh] which are two feet in diameter.

Dates: February 1874
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

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