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Cove Gairloch Ross and Cromarty Scotland

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Fragment of a story entitled 'Cuckoo', June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/116
Scope and Contents

Fragment of a story entitled 'Cuckoo', collected from Dun[can] Ceàm [Duncan Kemp], Cove, Poolewe [Poll-iùbh, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. The story tells how while dismantling a cairn in Lochadring, Geàrrloch [Loch an Draing, Gairloch] he found a bird, which looked dead but revived and so he put it back in the cairn. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: June 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael