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Uist Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Song beginning 'Nam bi sa am Beal an sgail' and accompanying story, 18 January 1871

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/140
Scope and Contents Song probably collected from Ruari Saor [Roderick MacDonald] beginning 'Nam bi sa am Beal[ach] an sgail, Far na thuit an damh donn' and accompanying story stating that the song was sung by bean Ghilleaspa dhui nian mhic ic Ailein [bean Ghilleasbuig Dhuibh, nighean Mhic 'ic Ailein]. It was said that Gilleasbuig Dubh had no family but killed one brother in Paible [Paibeil, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] and then went to see his other brother Mac Onail in Duntuilm [Dùn Thuilm/Duntulm, An t-Eilean...
Dates: 18 January 1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'A Bhean Iadaich' and accompanying note, nd

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW152/37
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'A Bhean Iadaich' beginning 'A bhean ud thall hùg ò, An cois na traghad hug o'. The song is composed of forty-four lines, set out as eleven verses of four lines each. The lengthy accompanying note states that the song is claimed by Eigg, Rum, Canna, Coll, Uist and other Western Isles, noting that the Uist version places the song at Aird-a-mhachair [Àird a' Mhachair/Ardivachar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] and outlining the basic story present in all versions of the song.

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

Song entitled 'A Bhreacag Shuarach' and accompanying vocabulary note, 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/27
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'A Bhreacag Shuarach' probably collected from Mary MacDonald, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay beginning 'San a rair nach d fhuair n cadal, Gur trom eir sud lamh san leaba'. The song is composed of forty-four lines. The text contains amendments and has been scored through in ink. Written transversely across the text in ink is 'Trans[cribed] June 16 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'. A vocabulary note reads, 'Sùgan braoide = Horse collar'.

Dates: 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Cha Teid Mor A Bharraidh Bhronach' and accompanying note, November 1870

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/6
Scope and Contents Song entitled 'Cha Teid Mor A Bharraidh Bhronach' collected from Peigi NicNeill [Peggy MacNeil], Brutharnis, Barraidh [Bruairnis/Bruernish, Barraigh/Barra] on 30 September 1870, beginning 'Cha teid Mor a Bharraidh bhronach, Horo thugaibh i hugaibh ise 'n tugaibh eile'. The note which precedes the song tells how Nighean Alastair Ruaidh, who was in Uist and Nic-an-Fhinn, who was in Barra would regularly meet and argue with each other. On one occasion, Nic-an-Fhinn attended a waulking of tweed...
Dates: November 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Donnacha MacCuilcein' and accompanying note, 30 October 1872 and 5 October 1875

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/116
Scope and Contents Song entitled 'Donnacha MacCuilcein' probably collected from Angus Currie, Àird na Monadh, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Se Don MacC[uilcein], Thug tuil eir gach sad'. The song is composed of twenty-four lines. The accompanying note states that the song was composed by 'Nin Donil ioc Cathain (Nic Mhuirich)' about Donnacha MacCuilcein [Duncan MacQuilken], who built the first mill in Uibhist/Uist, damming the water at Tobha Mòr/Howmore whereupon 'a great flood came & covered all the...
Dates: 30 October 1872 and 5 October 1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Duan Callaig' and accompanying custom, 20 November 1873

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/28
Scope and Contents Song entitled 'Duan Callaig' [The Song of Hogmanay] collected from Gilleaspa Donnullach [Archibald MacDonald], shoemaker, Bailanloch, Uist a Chinn a Tuath [Baile Loch/Baleloch, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] beginning 'Nist o thainc sinn an duthaich, A dh'urachadh dhuibh na Callaig' and comprising seven verses. Additions have been made to the text in pencil. The custom describes how the 'luc-callain went sun-wise three times round the house' and in Uist [Uibhist] where the 'luc-callain' may be...
Dates: 20 November 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Iubhrach Nan Guala Geala', nd

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW152/8
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Iubhrach Nan Guala Geala' beginning 'Moch Diluain ghabh i n cuan, Te bhoidheach nan guala geala'. The song is composed of thirty three lines arranged into fifteen verses in couplets and a chorus.

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

Song entitled 'Seathain Mac Righ Eirinn', nd

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW152/17
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Seathain Mac Righ Eirinn' beginning ''S mairg a chual e 's nach do dh innis e, Gun robh mo leanna 's am Minginish'. The text is not presented in verses but in seventy six consecutive lines and has been annotated in ink.

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

Story about Arca Dearg and Urramhar, c1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/115
Scope and Contents

Story about Arca Dearg and Urramhar, that Arca Dearg was the son of Rìgh Lochlann, who left Uist [Uibhist] for Ireland and there found Urramhar, his foe, at dinner, cut off his head and brought it home '& so took out the "Eirig".'

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

Story about churches built by Calum Cille [St Columba], 1901

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/48
Scope and Contents Story about churches built by Calum Cille [St Columba] that when he first arrived in Scotland he built a church in Uist [Uibhist] but he could still see Ireland from there so he pulled it down. He then went to the Isle of Skye [An t-Eilean Sgitheanach] and built a church there but could not see Ireland from it. It was the same in Aoi [Ì Chaluim Chille/Iona, Earra Ghàidheal, Argyllshire], which were the only two places from which he coudl not see Ireland. Text has been scored out as if...
Dates: 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

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