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Cattle

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

Found in 916 Collections and/or Records:

Song beginning 'Hillirin s og u horo laill oho', 28 May 1869 and 18 June 1869

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/64
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Song collected from Mairead Mhoireastan [Margaret Morrison], aged 36 years, Sliabh Ghriminis, Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla] beginning 'Hillirin s og u horo laill oho, Hi ri beo illirin o gu'. The song is composed of forty-four lines. The text has been scored through in ink and written transversely across the first folio is 'B[ook] 3 Page [-] Trans[cribed] June 18 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'.

Dates: 28 May 1869 and 18 June 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song beginning 'Iomal buaile/cualiach, bo gun loagh!', 1885

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/48
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Song beginning 'Iomal buaile/cualiach, bo gun loagh!' with several additions in different inks and in pencil. Text has been scored through.

Dates: 1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'A Holigan', 1885

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/49
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Song entitled 'A Holigan' collected from Niall Mac Iain Bhain [Neil MacNeil] Bruarnish, Barra [Bruairnis/Bruernish, Barraigh]. The text has some additions in different inks.

Dates: 1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Hi Bholigan', 22 October 1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/46
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Song entitled 'Hi Bholigan' collected from Mor Macphie or Mor Vic Fhraiseas (Francis) [Mor MacPhie] crofter, Bailegharbhath, Iocar, South Uist [Baile Gharbhaidh/Balgarva, Iochdar, Uibhist a Deas] beginning 'Hi bholigan bo nan aighean'.

Dates: 22 October 1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Ho M Adhan Ho M Adh Donn', 1885

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/44
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Song entitled 'Ho M Adhan Ho M Adh Donn' beginning 'Ho! m adhan, ho! m' adh donn' collected from Niall Mac Iain Bhain [Neil MacNeil] Bruarnish, Barra [Bruairnis/Bruernish, Barraigh], who heard the song from his wife, Mairi ni Raoghail [Mary MacDonald].

Dates: 1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Oran Si' and accompanying note, 26 May 1869 and 16 June 1869

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/48
Scope and Contents Song entitled 'Oran Si' probably collected from Penelope MacLellan, Ormacleit/Ormaclete, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Is fhasa bh uam fhein bonn Beinn eadara etc etc, Mach dhomhs mo chuilein caomh cairdeach'. The song is composed of fourteen lines and an accompanying note tells of the sighting of a fairy horse [?] by two sisters. The text contains a number of amendments and annotations in pencil and has been scored through in ink with the following written transversely across it...
Dates: 26 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Oran Sì' and accompanying story, 8 April 1869

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW107/59
Scope and Contents Song entitled 'Oran Sì' beginning 'Mor bheag dhonn a dir bheann' which was sung by a girl looking for her calves, which had gone missing. A note proceeding the text states 'Ormacleit used to be the best place for Gaelic in the W[estern] I[sles]' and that Seonaid Curaidh nic Donallach, wife of Archie Currie, Airdnamonie had a fairy child. Other South Uist placenames mentioned in the note are Iocar [Ìochdar], Airdvachair [Àird a' Mhachair], Bailegharvai [Baile Gharbhaidh], Airdnamonie [Àird na...
Dates: 8 April 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Taladh Bleoghain' and accompanying note, nd

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW152/23
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Taladh Bleoghain' beginning 'Cait an cualas hò hò, Geum bu chruaidhe hò hò' . The song is composed of thirty-six lines, arranged as eight verses of four lines and two verses of two lines. The accompanying note states that the song was sung by a mother whose only daughter had been abducted by fairies and whose cows would not give milk because they were 'disconsolate'.

Dates: nd
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook of songs belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Thig A Mhoire Mhios Na Bo', 28 September 1885

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/47
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Song entitled 'Thig A Mhoire Mhios Na Bo' collected from Christina MacDonald née MacNeill, wife of Ruaraidh Mor Earsary, Barra [Earsairidh, Barraigh] beginning 'Thig a Mhoire mhios (ghios?) na bosa' or 'Thig a Mhoire mhios (ghios?) mo bho'. The text of the first verse and informant's details have been scored through in pencil and additions have been made to the text in both ink and pencil.

Dates: 28 September 1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

South Devon Cow, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1287
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Photograph of a first prize winning South Devon cow standing in a field in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection