Nature

Contents This section contains De natura rerum (About the Nature of Things) by Isidore of Seville, a scholar that lived from around 560 to around 636. This is a work about nature and astronomy. The text is accompanied by diagrams and figures.The Prologue starts on f. 144v. It is titled Incipit prefatio Sancti Ysidori hispalensis episcopi de responsione mundi et astrorum...

Scope and Contents A pamphlet advertising The Kingston Clinic, Edinburgh, "The Home of the Modern Cure". Based at Kingston House in the south-east of Edinburgh, Kingston house offered accomodation for those seeking treatment via natural therapeutics. The clinic was focused on good healthy food, fresh air, and an active livestyle. It was first opened in 1948 and closed its doors in 1988. This leaflet outlines a history of the building, details on the activities which could be partaken there, and...

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List entitled 'Toimhsegain' [Riddles] including riddles for things such as mist, hens, rainbow and the wind. A few corrections have been made to the text in ink and in pencil.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of: A notebook containing a list of work projects, month by month, by Cicely Mary Barker, covering the period 1946 to 1967, with also some details about her daily life. Also includes some enclosures: a postcard from her sister Dorothy wishing her a happy birthday (no date, after 1936); letter from "Dr Evans" [or possibly "D. R. Evans"] to Cicely Mary Barker dated 14 July 1948...

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Story about the Cailleach bheag bhiara an fhasach [Cailleach Bheur or nature goddess] collected from Mary MacMillan, Lionacuidhe/Liniquie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist. The story is based on asking the little old woman questions the answers to which describe her connection between birds, plants, fish and animals and specific places. The text contains annotations and amendments and has been scored through in pencil and in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.