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Dail bho Dheas Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Story entitled 'Caran mac Fitheall', 27 October 1873

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW115/7
Scope and Contents

Story entitled 'Caran mac Fitheall' collected from Ann Gunn, probably Ann MacDonald, daughter of Angus Gunn, crofter, Dail bho Thuath/North Dell, Nis/Ness, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis. The story is about a man with three sons who builds temples and castles but who does not trust his wife while he is away working and wishes to test his sons. The story is incomplete possibly because, as Carmichael notes, Ann is 'a woman who talks like a machine'.

Dates: 27 October 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael