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Sorne Kilninian and Kilmore (parish) Isle of Mull Argyllshire Scotland

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Story about stoats, 7 August 1886

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/8
Scope and Contents

Story probably collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Tobar Mhoire/Tobermory, Muile/Isle of Mull, telling how John MacLean, a joiner from Tobermory and Sorn [Tobar Mhoire, Sorne, Am Muile/Isle of Mull] saw a stoat above him in his barn. He got a 'teth-thiallach (spit) and progged' it and that night his best calf was dead.

Dates: 7 August 1886
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael