Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Note about the use of horse and cow hair in bedding, 20 January 1871
Note collected from Alexander MacDonald, Cladach Chirceboist/Claddach Kirkibost, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist which reads 'Covers and blankets of horse & cows hair were the common bed clothes in Uist ri linn a Mhoraire Bhain' [in Am Morair Bàn's time].
Note entitled 'Bionach or Biorach', 1894
Note on units of measurement used on Tarasaigh/Taransay, 10 July 1870
Note collected from Mrs MacDonald, Tarasaigh/Taransay stating that the peck is still in use there, that she will keep to the 'cleac[hd]anean coir a bhann sa linn fhe[in]' for measuring, noting the relative quantities of the old peck at three gallons, and that the Lews [Lewis] peck was four gallons, something which Carmichael would have to check. Carmichael also notes that the customs for paying servants is the same in Taransay as it is in Uibhist/Uist.
Notes about archaeological sites around Isle of Barra, Vatersay and Uist, especially relating to taigh talmhanta [earth houses], September 1872
Notes about the origins of the Patons in Uist [Uibhist] and cures, 3 February 1874
Note about the origins of the Patons [or Beatons] in Uist [Uibhist] that they are descended from the Olla[mh] Ileach [Ollamh Ìleach], a celebrated herbalist, who lived at Dallabrog [Dalabrog/Daliburgh, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. It notes that 'The cuillion [holly] that he bro[ugh]t is good for cleibh druim', that am maraich [scurvy grass] could be found in cairns on the Strand and that the best water for boiling plants was in Geary heille [Geàrraidh Sheilidh/Garryhellie].
Notes on rocks around Iona and Lismore; whether the rocks have been sculpted; and place-names connected to them, c1893
Placename note which reads 'Loch-cabar = L-abar. Uist', c1865
Placename note which reads 'Loch-cabar = L[och]-abar. Uist' Indicating its Uist pronunciation [Loch abar/Lochaber, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire and Uibhist/Uist].
Prayer entitled 'Uirnigh Togail An Teine', c1876
Prayer entitled 'Uirnigh Togail An Teine' [Urnaigh Togail Teine] probably collected in Uibhist/Uist beginning 'Togamsadh (Togail mis?) an teine an diugh, An lathair aillean naomha neamh'. The prayer is composed of fourteen lines divided into two stanzas. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Saying beginning 'Gheobhar fear an coill', c1876
Saying probably collected in Uibhist/Uist beginning 'Gheobhar fear an coill, Gheobhar mac am broinn'. The saying is composed of four lines. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Saying which reads 'Bu mhath an t saighdiarac mar bhi na blair', c1876
Saying probably collected in Uibhist/Uist which reads 'Bu mhath an t saighdiarac mar bhi na blair'. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.