Shells
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Story about the cuach [drinking cup] at Taigh Gige, June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/204
Scope and Contents
Story about the cuach [drinking cup] at Taigh Gige [Tigh Dige or Flowerdale House, Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] that it was only ever drunk from by the seanachas and that it was a very large cup. An accompanying vocabulary note reads 'Conch = Conachag Conachocan.'
Dates:
June 1887
Translation of a letter from Gaetano Gemmellaro, 1850s
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Identifier: Coll-203/4/29
Scope and Contents
Translation of a letter from Gaetano Gemmellaro concerning the gradual elevation of the coast of Sicily, the inclination of lava flows, the origin of the Balzo D'Aci which he thinks was affected by an Earthquake and fossil shells found in the Pleistocene beds of Cefali, Sematica and other places in Sicily by himself, Phillipi and Professor Aradas. 1850s.
Dates:
1850s