Sheep
Found in 665 Collections and/or Records:
Nigerian Long-Legged Ewe, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a Nigerian long-legged ewe.
"Nimrod" and Black-Eyed Ewe, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the sheep, "Nimrod" and a black-eyed ewe standing in a sheep pen next to a stone wall in the early 20th century.
Note about Gaisgeir, 9 July 1870
Note about Gaisgeir [Gàisgeir/Gasker] that it is a small island where about thirty ewes are kept as they thrive on the many plants that grow there describing the sheep as 'extra fat weigh 80 90 & 100 lbs'. Lambs are often taken from there to Tarasaigh/Taransay but 'they wither & die'.
Note about the 'Clach air Sealbh Chaorach' and other lucky charms, 24 June 1887
Note about the 'Clach air Sealbh Chaorach' collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann. The note tells how the Clach an Sealbh Chaorach is a crystal stone for the luck of sheep and that 'Each house had a god for each thing in the shap[e] of a lus an Ealabhin'. It also notes that 'Critheann' [alder] is not used for cures upon any account. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Note about the location of Baron Carmichael's house, September 1870
Note which reads 'Baron Carmichael's house was at Sloc-a-mhuillin? when he lost the oireac Caora dhu na Bachuille.' [Sloc a' Mhuillinn and Bachuil, both Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]
Notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1856-1880
Notes and vocabulary notes about sheep in the St Kilda archipelago, June 1887
Notes about sheep and wool in the St Kilda archipelago that the sheep are not fleeced but pulled, that the wool on 'sheep in Bor[eraigh]' [Borerary] is one and a half [inches] long and that there is a 'well in top of Lei - no grass' [Stac Lee]. The vocabulary notes read '"Ruagadh" = catching sheep'; 'Giaraiste = ab[ou]t 9 fath[oms] of rope which S[aint] K[ildans] carry like a non-com[mi]s[sioned] off[ice]rs shash [sash]' and 'Rusgadh = Signalling'.
Notes made by James Cossar Ewart concerning the prices of sheep and ponies, 1920
The notes record the prices of various sheep and ponies bought or sold over the 1911-1918 period. One piece of paper is dated 1920, and appears to refer to the calculations as being related to grants made by the Board of Agriculture and to payments made to the Factor.
Notes (undated) made by James Cossar Ewart concerning the proposed valuation of sheep sent to Fairslacks, [c.1912]
Correspondence chiefly concerns research and breeding experiments on sheep, including the work of Henry John Elwes and their joint preparation for the exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Show, Bristol, July 1913, as well as the work on the Devon pack horse by Charles R. Haveley. The series also contains copies of letters to Elwes from James Cossar Ewart.
"Nugget", 5 Years Old [Sheep], 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a 5 year old sheep named, "Nugget" standing in a sheep pen next to a bush in the early/mid 20th century.