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Snow

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Saying or quote beginning 'Bu tu sealgair a bhigein', June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/165
Scope and Contents

Saying or quote which reads 'Bu tu sealgair a bhigein Air an t-sitig la sneaca S Kil[d]a'.

Dates: June 1887

Snow Gate, New Zealand, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2567
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a snow gate in New Zealand in the early 20th century. A man on horseback holds the gate open while another man on horseback watches from further down the road with a farm house and buildings and snow covered mountains in the background.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Story about 'Bliadhna an t Sneac dhuibh' and vocabulary note, 1885

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/38
Scope and Contents Story about 'Bliadhna an t Sneac dhuibh' also known as 'Bliadhna an t sneac bhuidhe'. In which 'The snow stayed so long on the ground that it became black -some say yellow and lasted until the summer'. The story also relates how all the cattle in North Uist [Uibhist a Tuath] died except for one red cow at Biorrabhal [Clachan Bhiurabhal] and that all the fires in the island were extinguished. A fire 'tein-eigin' was produced from the 'sail-dharach' whcih is at Cladh Sgealoir [Cladh...
Dates: 1885