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Birds

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

Found in 263 Collections and/or Records:

Story about Siol Mhurchaidh and Siol Ghoraidh, 13 July 1870 to 14 July 1870

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/91
Scope and Contents Story about Siol Mhurchaidh and Siol Ghoraidh collected from Ruary MacCoinnich [Roderick MacKenzie], aged 68 years, carpenter, Struan-rua, Malacleit [Sruthan Ruadh, Malacleit/Malaclete, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] telling how eighteen families of Siol Ghoraidh lived at Udal and murdered Siol Mhurchaidh while they were resting from ploughing. They put a bonnet on each cas chrom [plough] and Siol Mhurchaidh's wives thought that they were all working until they got close to them and found them...
Dates: 13 July 1870 to 14 July 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story about the bird Langai [langaid or guillemot], 1867

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/41
Scope and Contents Story about the bird Langai [langaid or guillemot] probably collected from Roderick MacNeil, aged 88, crofter, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay describing its seemingly unjust feeding behaviour in which two guillemots feed their peite [chick] but the bigger chick does not finish its food so the parent of the smaller chick takes it and gives it to its young instead. The parent of the larger one returns, sees that its chick has nothing and goes to the smaller chick, picks it up in its bill and throws it...
Dates: 1867
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Story about the Holland goose in Islay, 4 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/17
Scope and Contents

Story about the Holland goose [amhsan or solan goose] in Ìle/ Islay that it was seen on the shore on hot days. Text has been scored through in pencil perhaps to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 4 June 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Story about the killing of the wren after the Battle of the Boyne, 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/36
Scope and Contents

Story about the killing of the wren after the Battle of the Boyne noting that it tapped its beak on the drum of the Protestants, waking them, and that [the wrens] are killed everywhere by Catholics. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story about why a village in Tiree never hears a cock crow, 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/39
Scope and Contents

Story about a village in Tiree [Tiriodh, Earra-Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] which never hears a cock crow because Calum Cille [St Columba] thought he would pass through the place before the cock crowed but the cock crowed as he was passing through so he made a curse that a cock would never crow there again. According to the story a cock has never crowed there since. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story about why the cock does not crow in Ireland, 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/44
Scope and Contents

Story about why the cock does not crow in Ireland, describing how Christ had said that he was not going until the cock crowed and so in Connaught [Connacht] people placed their cockerels under pots so that they would not crow and they have not crowed since. It is noted that 'They were not so cursed in our Highlands and islands as all that'. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story and notes about the bird 'Sulaire' [gannet], June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/163
Scope and Contents

Story and notes about the bird 'Sulaire' [gannet] in which [Mr N] Macleod saw a sulaire [gannet] put its bill through the side of a boat which was between Tarauis and Nisibost [Tarasaigh/Taransay and Niosabost, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] and the crew kept the bird there until they reached land so that the boat would not sink. Each line of text has been scored through horizontally.

Dates: June 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Story entitled 'An t Each Uisge', 28 February 1861

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW109/24
Scope and Contents Story entitled 'An t Each Uisge' ['The Water-Horse'] collected from Manus Mac Neacail [Magnus Nicolson], Carbost [Càrabost, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. The story tells how a woman in Uisgegeir or Aoidhsgeir [possibly Theisgeir/Heisker] had a prophesy in which a calf born in Uibhist/Uist would save the island from a water-horse. Two MacKenzies would be sitting on a hill and would see two crows, one of which would drop a bone, which would hit one of them on the head and they would...
Dates: 28 February 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story entitled 'Bhalantaidh us Horsantaidh', 18 January 1865

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW113/9
Scope and Contents Story entitled 'Bhalantaidh us Horsantaidh' collected from Alasdair Mac Neil [Alexander MacNeil], Ceantangbhall [Ceanntangabhal/Kentagaval, Barraigh/Isle of Barra]. The story begins with Rìgh Lochlann's daughter being married off to an emperor and being accompanied to her new home by only one kinsman. The emperor's house priest falls in love with her and while the emperor is hunting, he declares his love for her and expects her to reciprocate. She refuses to do so and locks up the priest...
Dates: 18 January 1865
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field and transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story entitled 'Ceudach Nan Collachain Oir' and accompanying note, 29 January 1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/127
Scope and Contents Story entitled 'Ceudach Nan Collachain Oir' probably collected from John MacInnes, aged 70 years, Stadhlaigearraidh/Stilligarry, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist. The story begins with Fionn and his men out hunting. They have so much success that they decide to leave some of it for collection on the way home. Gille Glas appears and asks to be employed by Fionn so Fionn has him help take the kill home. Caoilte, the fastest Fenian, and the Gille Glas arrive at the feasting hall before anyone else and...
Dates: 29 January 1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael