Hunting
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:
Song entitled 'Laoidh a Choin Duibh', c1862
Song entitled 'Laoidh a Choin Duibh' collected from Donull Camashron [Donald Cameron], Coille-odhar, Clac-Sgiath on 18 December 1861. The song begins 'La dhuinn a bhith sa bheinn sheilg, Bainnig leinn a bhith gun choin'. The song is composed of sixty-two lines. The song tells how a man came with a black dog called For and killed one hundred and fifty of Fionn's dogs. In response, Fionn unleashed his prize dog, Bran, which killed For. The text has two annotations in different inks.
Song entitled 'Laoidh Dhiarmaid' and accompanying story, c1862
Song entitled 'Lorg an Ogain', 13 January 1865 - 12 November 1870
Song entitled 'Lorg An Ogain' and accompanying story, c1875
Song entitled 'Na H-Iolairean', 23 March 1869
Song entitled 'Na H-Iolairean' beginning 'A Dhun dui sin ’s a Dhun dui' collected from Fionaghal nin Chalum Nic Leoid [Flora MacLeod], Baileshear [Baile Sear/Baleshare, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist]. Carmichael notes that Flora heard this from John Stewart at Baleshare who died in 1868 age 78.
Story about a hawk hunting rock pigeons, June 1887
Story about a St Kilda man surviving a fall, 1867
Story about a St Kilda [Hiorta] man surviving a fall from the rocks where he was hunting because 'the birds he had round his belt kept him afloat.' It adds that he was driven to North Uist [Uibhist a Tuath].
Story about an old seal on Haisgeir [Heisker] and accompanying vocabulary note, c1875
Story about bird hunting, 23 May 1869
Story collected from Ruary an Ruma [Roderick MacNeil], Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, telling how he stood on a ledge and got '8 score & 14 [birds] [larg[e] & Din] & 300 eggs. 20 score & 12 score he stearadh one day.' He adds that the dog would help him by jumping up when the birds flew. 'He lost 18 dogs with the rocks.' The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Story about Cugarbhat, king of the cats, c1872
Story about Cugarbhat, king of the cats [collected from Neil MacEachen, crofter, Tobha Beag/Howbeg, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] in which Mac vurich [MacMhuirich] is out hunting and his dogs kill Cugarbhat in a cave. A cat asks MacMhuirich if his dogs killed Cugarbhat three times and on each occasion grows larger eventually jumping at MacMhuirich's throat. The text here is heavily abbreviated. A fuller version can be found in CW154 folio 30r.