South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 356 Collections and/or Records:
Story about the 'bean chaol chota uaine' [thin [fairy] woman in the green coat], September 1872
Story about the burial of Donald mac 'ic Ailein of Clanranald, c1872
Story about the Cailleachag bheag bhiara an fhasaich, 27 May 1869
Story about the Cailleach bheag bhiara an fhasach [Cailleach Bheur or nature goddess] collected from Mary MacMillan, Lionacuidhe/Liniquie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist. The story is based on asking the little old woman questions the answers to which describe her connection between birds, plants, fish and animals and specific places. The text contains annotations and amendments and has been scored through in pencil and in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Story about the Duke of Tarentum, 18 January 1871
Story probably collected from Roderick MacDonald [Ruaraidh Saor] telling how the Duke of Tarentum was a little man and that he was very like his cousin Fear Howbig [Tobha Beag/howbeg, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist].
Story about the Duke of Tarentum and his family in Uist, 1877
Story entitled 'Duke of Tarentum' stating that he visited Uist [Uibhist] in 1846 and left £10 a year to his cousins Alast[air] and Isebal [Alexander and Isabel MacEachan]. It gives details of the MacEachan family including a nephew of the Duke, who learned English under a tutor paid for by the Duke, and mentions two young men who were taken away on the Duke's ship.
Story about the man at Airi Mhic Cuanain, 8 May 1877
Story about men who were disputing where to mark a march between Barra [Barraigh] and South Uist [Uibhist a Deas] and saw a man standing at Airi Mhic Cuanain at Cairval [À irigh Mhic Cuanain, -] so put the march there. The man was often seen there and sometimes told of the future.
Story about the theft of a corpse, 20 January 1871
Story about the wife of Mac an Lir and accompanying songs, 11 April 1872
Story collected from Hector MacLeod, Iocar [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The text has been scored through in pencil and written transversely across the first few lines of text is 'See No 14 Book page 76' and written transveresely across the last page of text is 'See Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin 1808 page 14'.
Story about the youngest Macintire son at Smearcleit being turned into an excellent piper, c1872
Story about the youngest Macintire [MacIntyre] son at Smearclat [Smeircleit/Smerclate, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] being turned into an excellent piper by the fairies. The young man's father and brother were celebrated pipers but this son had never played the pipes before. Following his encounter with the fairies, visitors to the house made him play and when he played so well they remarked 'If this be the worst piper of the family what must the others be'.