Taransay Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:
Story and notes about the bird 'Sulaire' [gannet], June 1887
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.
Two stories relating to the rocks and seaweed on Tarasaigh/Taransay, 8 July 1870
Unclear note about a peck of gold, 10 July 1870
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.'
Vocabulary note for Bíta or bíteal [churn], 10 July 1870
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.
Vocabulary note for stop [churn], 10 July 1870
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'.