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Torogaigh Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Story about a cow concealing her calf, September 1885

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/46
Scope and Contents

Story about a cow concealing her calf collected from Mr John MacDonald, Newton, N[orth] Uist [Port nan Long, Uibhist a Tuath] in which MacDonald suspects a cow of having calved while ferrying heifers from Toraghey, Sound of Harris [Torogaigh, Caolas na Hearadh]. He gets his men to search the island but none was found until MacDonald accidentally stumbled upon the calf himself. Additions have been made to the text in pencil.

Dates: September 1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael