Plants
Found in 142 Collections and/or Records:
Charm entitled 'An Eitheann Mu Chrann', c1870
Charm entitled 'An Eitheann Mu Chrann' [The Tree-Entwining Ivy] beginning 'Buainidh mis an Eitheann mu chrann, Mar a bhuain Moire le h-aon laimh'. The charm is noted as being called 'Leum mu-chrann' in Harris [Na Hearadh] and also as having been transcribed elsewhere.
Charm entitled 'An Torranan' and accompanying note, c1870
Charm entitled 'An Torranan' [Charm of the Figwort] collected from John Paton or Beaton or Bethune, shepherd, Aird-nan-Laogh, South Uist [Àird nan Laogh, Uibhist a Deas] and accompanying note, written transversely in a different ink over the text of the previous charm 'Eolas Beum Sula' (see Coll-97/CW7/19) and in the margin of folio 28v, describing where the figwort grows, how it is gathered and how it is used in the charm.
Charm entitled 'Bun Dearg' with vocabulary and accompanying note about medicinal plants, c1870
Charm entitled 'Mòthan', 19 March 1871
Charm entitled 'Mòthan' collected from Mary Stewart 'Màiri Bhreac', age 76, Malacleit, North Uist [Malaclete, Uibhist a Tuath] beginning 'Buainidh mis am Mo'an buadhar, An luibh is suairce atha 's an tom'. Additions have been made to the text.
Charm for justice and accompanying narrative, 1877
Charm for justice entitled 'Ora Ceartais' beginning 'Cuiri mise fionn faoilteach umam a throaghadh ferige falamh' probably collected from Mary Stewart, age 76, Malacleit [Malaclate, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] also known as Màiri Bhreac, sean bhanachaig [old dairywoman]. The narrative in English concerns the plant 'fionn-faoilteach'. Text scored over as if transcribed elsewhere.
Charm for milk, 1877
Charm for milk entitled 'An Toraman (For Milk)' beginning 'Buaini mise an toraman' probably collected from Mary Stewart, age 76, Malacleit [Malaclate, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] also known as Màiri Bhreac, sean bhanachaig [old dairywoman]. The charm is composed of five lines. A comment in English states that Màiri saw the plant mentioned in Skye [An t-Eilean Sgitheanach] but not in North Uist. Text scored over with note saying 'Transcribed'.
Cloudberry, Fruit and Flower, 1870s-1930s
Photographs of two vases of cloudberry, one bearing fruit and one in flower.
Common Heather, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of two samples of common heather; one is eight years old and prime for burning; and the other is over thirty years old and becoming grey.
Common Heather, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a section of a layered stem of common heather showing the well-developed root system.
Common Heather and Deer-Hair Sedge, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a common heather plant showing the correlation between root and branch development and of a Deer-hair Sedge plant at 5-inches long.