Taransay Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:
Story and notes about the bird 'Sulaire' [gannet], June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/163
Scope and Contents
Story and notes about the bird 'Sulaire' [gannet] in which [Mr N] Macleod saw a sulaire [gannet] put its bill through the side of a boat which was between Tarauis and Nisibost [Tarasaigh/Taransay and Niosabost, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] and the crew kept the bird there until they reached land so that the boat would not sink. Each line of text has been scored through horizontally.
Dates:
June 1887
Two stories relating to the rocks and seaweed on Tarasaigh/Taransay, 8 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/33
Scope and Contents
Two stories relating to the rocks and seaweed on Tarasaigh/Taransay, the first states that 'Clach-ultach at Mol-mircein [is] a long & per[pendicular] round granite pillar ...of old persons used to lift it' and describes how a young, strong lad from Caolas Scalpay [Caolas Scalpaigh/Kyles Scalpay, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] tried to lift it but let it fall and it broke. Noting that 'mircein' is 'a seaweed of the tangle kind', the second story tells how Capt[ain] [Kenneth] Campbell would walk...
Dates:
8 July 1870
Unclear note about a peck of gold, 10 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/66
Scope and Contents
Unclear note probably collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay which reads 'A peck of gold was the stand[ard] of ambi. ere put[tin]g it underground in the sack.'
Dates:
10 July 1870
Vocabulary note for Bíta or bíteal [churn], 10 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/58
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note for Bíta or bíteal [churn] collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay describing the leather 'imideal' tied around the mouth of the churn and the manner in which it would be used to churn butter.
Dates:
10 July 1870
Vocabulary note for stop [churn], 10 July 1870
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/60
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note for stop [churn] collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay describing it as 'a smaller kind of churn with the imedeal tied round with an ial'.
Dates:
10 July 1870