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Fires

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

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Note about 'Gradan' [a fire] and the Duke of Argyll, c1893

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/32
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Note about 'Gradan' [a fire] and the Duke of Argyll that he said that the Highlanders burnt the straw but notes that Argyll was 'mistaken in this as in many other things regarding his countrymen.'

Dates: c1893

Note about the house of Lochnell, 14 August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/1
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Note that the house at Lochnell [Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] has been burnt but that the stairs did not burn until the last time (1853).

Dates: 14 August 1883

Note of a prophecy about Loch Nell Castle, 1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/32
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Note of a prophecy about Loch Nell Castle [Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire], probably by Guala Crosda, which reads 'Caile Phabsach dhubh w[ou]ld put it on fire' L[och] Nell Castle.

Dates: 1892

Note that it was 'Cailleach Lochlanach' who burned the woods on Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis, 8 July 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/13
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Note which reads 'Tis that that it was one Cailleach Lochlanach [old Viking woman] who fried all the woods of Lews' Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis.

Dates: 8 July 1870

Prayer entitled 'Smal' [Beannachd Smàlaidh], 12 September 1890

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/4
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Prayer entitled 'Smal' [Beannachd Smàlaidh] collected from Bean Raoil [Bean Raghnaill] Buaile Dhu, Iocar [Buail Dhubh, Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Ma smal mac Moire, Cuimirig Dhea & Mhoire'. The text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 12 September 1890

Prayer entitled 'Smaladh An Teine', 21 December 1885

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/52
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Prayer entitled 'Smaladh An Teine' beginning 'Smalaidh mise noc an teine' collected from Donald Maccormaig [Donald MacCormick], crofter, Killpheadar, South Uist [Cille Pheadair/Kilpheder, Uibhist a Deas]. The prayer is composed of twelve lines. The text has been scored through in pencil.

Dates: 21 December 1885

Prayer entitled 'Urnai togail an teine', 1884

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/266
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Prayer entitled 'Urnai togail an teine' [a prayer for setting the fire] beginning 'Togamsadh an teine an-diugh'.

Dates: 1884

Prayer entitled 'Ur[naigh] Smal[adh] an Teine', 2 October 1890

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/33
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Prayer entitled 'Ur[naigh] Smal[adh] an Teine' [Smooring the Fire] collected from Anna Donnullach [Ann MacDonald] aged 72 years, Bohiuntan Mhor [Both Fhionndainn/Bohuntine, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire] beginning 'O Dhia thug mis on oi[dh]ch an raoir, Gu tois an la[tha] 'n diugh'. Text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 2 October 1890

Prayer entitled 'Urnuigh Togail An Teine', 1884

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/297
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Prayer entitled 'Urnuigh [Urnaigh] Togail An Teine' ['Beannachadh Beothachaidh' or 'Blessing of the Kindling'] beginning 'Togamsa an teine/mo theine an diugh' which is said when setting the fire. Carmichael has written this in ink but there are three corrections made in pencil.

Dates: 1884

Rhyme beginning 'Dun Bhuiri na theine', March 1874

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/79
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Rhyme which reads 'Dun Bhuiri na theine Dun Bh[uiri] na theine, Gun chu gun duine gun daoine.' [Dùn Bhuirgh, Dun Borve, Barraigh/Isle of Barra]

Dates: March 1874