Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:
Story about Ruary an Ruma and tea-drinking, 1867
Story about Ruary an Ruma [Roderick MacNeil, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay] telling how he had only once before had a cup of tea. Carmichael notes this as 'Strange' and on asking him how he liked the tea he had been served by the school-servant he replied 'Manamsa Dhia gu bheil gle mhath. Ach bu cho mhath liom an siucar eir uisge teth ris a so! Nach bu mhath luidh mhic Righ B[h]reitean seach an seo?'.
Story about son of MacPhee of Colonsay and how he came to live in Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, 23 March 1871
Story about the bird Langai [langaid or guillemot], 1867
Story about the King of Spain's daughter and MacLean of Duart, 1867
Story about the population of Miulay [Miùghlaigh/Mingulay], 1867
Story about Vikings shipwrecked on Mollacag, 23 May 1869
Story collected from Roderick MacNeil, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay which tells how a Long Lochlannach [Viking ship] was broken on a rock called Mollacag at Airghrian [possibly Àird Ghrèin] about '120 or 60 years ago' [c1750 or c1810 or c1710, if 160 years ago is meant]. The gullies filled up with the bodies. The females were drowned, their gold taken away and they were refused permission 'to build in the sea'. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Story and notes on MacNeil of Barra's rentals on Mingulay, 23 May 1869
Two songs relating to Seumas Sasunach and accompanying story, 8 August 1867 to 17 June 1869
Two stories about Ruary an tartair [Roderick MacNeil] and accompanying notes about Barraigh/Isle of Barra], 1867
Vocabulary note for Lùthar and sketch, 1867
Vocabulary note for Lùthar and sketch probably collected from Roderick MacNeil, aged 88, crofter, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, which reads 'A Luthar makes a dread[ful] sound pre[vious] to a West wind. It indic[ates] a gale of West wind.' The sketch shows the shape of the Lùthar.