Cattle
Found in 916 Collections and/or Records:
Cure entitled 'The Earnach', 11 September 1909
Cure entitled 'The Earnach' probably collected from Catherine MacLean, crofter, Naast, Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty [Nàst, Geàrr Loch, Ros is Cromba], for earnach dhearg and earnach ghlas [eàrna dhearg and eàrna ghlas, red murrain and grey murrain respectively]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Cure for cattle, September 1872
Cure for cattle possibly collected from John Cameron, Borve [Borgh, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] in which water has to be taken from a stream which forms a march or [nach tra'adh] and at sunset or sunrise the person must go 'without an eye of man or woman' and place silver in the dish of water and sprinkle it three times on the cow. Text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Custom for repelling the neas [stoat] from calves, 7 August 1886
Custom probably collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Tobar Mhoire/Tobermory, Muile/Isle of Mull, for repelling the neas [stoat] from calves stating that as stoats hate the smell of burning, people burn the tail and leg of a new calf or old leather.
Customs relating to cattle herding, 1895
Customs written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula relating to cattle herding, describing how when herding cattle to or from the house a number of cattle were allowed to follow behind the herder to avoid the evil eye. Also, if someone praised the cattle, the herder had to praise the cattle even higher. Text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.
Cyrenaica Heifer, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a Cyrenaica heifer standing on a rocky hillside in the early 20th century.
Dairying - Milking, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of three women standing with milk pails ready to milk the cows in a paddock on a farm in the early 20th century.
Dalmeny Home Farm, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of two men with a cow in a field at the Dalmeny Home Farm in 1932.
Dalmeny Home Farm, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of three men with three cows in a field at Dalmeny Home Farm in 1932.
Definition of the bovine MHC (BoLA), 1990
Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1990. Part 2.
Dera Ghazi Khan Cow, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a Dera Ghazi Khan cow (Bhagnari). Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, May 1902.