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Arcan Ross and Cromarty Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Story about a charm for healing, July 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/9
Scope and Contents

Story about a charm for healing collected from Kate MacPhail née Ross, from Bishop Kinkell [Ceann a' Choille, Siorramachd Ros agus Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. Kate's brother had a barley awn in his eye and went to Donald MacKinnon in Arcan, Urray who put an awn in his mouth and in doing so healed her brother. There is an address for a [-] Fraser, esquire in Strathpeffer attached to the story. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: July 1909

Story about a charm for healing, July 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/11
Scope and Contents

Story about a charm for healing collected from Alexander Campbell, Cannuin [Conon, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. His wife had a mote in her eye and he was told to visit Ceite Vic Rath Bean Mhic Connich [Kate MacRae] [Arcan, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] who provided him with 'eòlas' [a charm]. At the same time as he was told the eòlas she was healed. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: July 1909

Story about removing a 'culm' [mote] using a charm, August 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/69
Scope and Contents

Story about removing a 'culm' [mote] using a charm collected from [John] Murray, farm grieve, Arcan, Urrad [Arcan, Urraidh/Urray, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] in which a culm of peat is dislodged from his eye by a woman from Edderton [Eadardan, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] using a basin of water reciting a rhyme. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: August 1909