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Melvaig Ross and Cromarty Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Charm entitled 'Sgucha Feithe', 9 September 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/91
Scope and Contents

Charm entitled 'Sgucha Feithe' [Charm for Bursting Vein] collected from Alexander MacKenzie, Allt Griosan at Melvaig [Allt Grìsean/Aultgrishan and Mealabhaig, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. A note adds that there are three knots on the thread and each one is placed to the lips and that 'tolm' is the name for the thread put on the sgucha feithe. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 9 September 1909

Charm entitled 'Uisg[e] Airgid', September 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/90
Scope and Contents

Charm entitled 'Uisg[e] Airgid' probably collected from Isabella Chisholm née MacKenzie, [Mealabhaig/Melvaig, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: September 1909

Charm for cataract [Eòlas a' Ghulmain], 8 September 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/89
Scope and Contents

Charm for cataract [Eòlas a' Ghulmain] collected from Isabell[a] Chisholm née MacKenzie, Meallabhaig [Mealabhaig/Melvaig, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 8 September 1909

Saying from Gairloch, September 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/95
Scope and Contents

Saying from Gairloch [Geàrr Loch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] which reads 'Fhad an lagh Diabaig, 'S fhada shios Meallabhig'. [Diabaig and Melabhaig/Melvaig]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: September 1909