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Charm entitled 'Sgucha feithe' [Charm for Bursting Vein] collected from John Fraser, Balgay, Shieldeag, [Balgaidh/Balgy, Sìdeag/Shieldaig, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] crofter, age 69 beginning 'Chai[dh] C[riosda] air muin eich'. Carmichael describes John Fraser as a 'big man tall and handsome with a fine honest face - must have been powerful man in his day'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

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Note about torran an tiodhlacaidh [infants' burial ground] where still born unbaptised children are buried. The note states that the one at Alligin Shuas is a bracken knoll in a field at Bràigh Beag and that there are several in the district including one at Diabagan and one at Shieldeag [Wester Alligin, Braebeg, Diabaig and Sìldeag/Shieldaig, all Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Scope and Contents Superstition about killing swans and seals, it being deemed unlucky, and accompanying stories including how Mr Beatson of Sheildag in Gairloch [Sldeag/Shieldaig, Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ròs is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] killed a swan and soon after his wife and children died and he lost much of his money in a lawsuit with a servant. Similary, Mr Osgood MacKenzie of Inverewe [Am Ploc Àrd] killed a swan and he separated from his wife after that. Note asks 'Is it because maidens are sometimes turned...