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Kingussie Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Note about Samhnag at Kingussie, August 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/51
Scope and Contents

Note to ask Baron Livingston about the holding of Samhnag [Halloween bonfire] at Kingussie [Ceann a' Ghiuthsaich, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire].

Dates: August 1883

Note which reads 'Binnein = Kingussie', July 1909

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/17
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Note which reads 'Binnein = Kingussie'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: July 1909

Quote from a Lismore woman living in Kingussie, August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/49
Scope and Contents

Quote, probably collected from Christina Campbell née Macintyre, Lios Mòr/Lismore Earra, Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, from a Lismore woman described as magnificent looking, who lived in Kingussie [Ceann a' Ghiuthsaich, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire] from a quarrel she had with another woman. The quote reads 'Gu de is urrainn daibh a gh rath rium ach gun toil liom na fir – mu’s toil is toil leis na fir mi!'

Dates: August 1883

Story about Marsali Mhurich in Kingussie, August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/59
Scope and Contents

Story probably collected from Christina Campbell née Macintyre, Lios Mòr/Lismore Earra, Ghàidheal/Argyllshire about Marsali Mhuirich in Kingussie [Ceann a' Ghiuthsaich, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire] that while carrying 'Para Mor' across the 'Ath Spey' [Abhainn Spey/Spè] she stumbled a little. He remarked that she had bad luck she retorted and 'tossed him into the flood'.

Dates: August 1883