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Note about Rathad Mòr nam Marbh, Appin, 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/165
Scope and Contents

Note probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about Rathad Mòr nam Marbh, Appin, Argyll [Earra Ghàidheal] along which the corpses are carried to get to the graveyard. A day or two before the funeral, twigs are trimmed away and stones levelled along this road. The note mentions that every piper started their pipes at Bun an Fheadain near the graveyard.

Dates: 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about rosary beads which reads 'Paidireanan & gri'eagan the Nuns had were get in Kirkibost', 3 January 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/11
Scope and Contents

Note about rosary beads which reads 'Paidireanan & gri'eagan the Nuns had were get in Kirkibost' [Eilean Chirceboist/Kirkibost Island, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist]. Probably collected at Gramasdail/Gramsdale, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula.

Dates: 3 January 1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about Samhnag at Kingussie, August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/51
Scope and Contents

Note to ask Baron Livingston about the holding of Samhnag [Halloween bonfire] at Kingussie [Ceann a' Ghiuthsaich, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire].

Dates: August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about seal hunting rights in a grant by King David I, c1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/45
Scope and Contents

Note about seal hunting rights in a grant by King David I as recorded in Pennant's A tour in Scotland, and voyage to the Hebrides, 1772 (see bibliography below).

Dates: c1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Note about seals on Heisker, 1869 to 1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW107/35
Scope and Contents

Note about seals on Haisgeir [Theisgeir/Heisker] including their dispersal to various places in Uist [Uibhist] and the preparation of 'Cuilein Micheil' [roast seal] on Michaelmas night. Text has been scored through and a note reads 'Transcribed into No I p.181 Creagory [Creag Ghoraidh/Creagorry, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] 7 October 1875'.

Dates: 1869 to 1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about St Cyril's graveyard, 29 August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/95
Scope and Contents

Note possibly collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about St Cyril's graveyard [Cladh Churalain, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] and how the biers of the 'Eaglaish Shass[anach]' [English Church (Episcopal Church)] 'are smashed against an aged gnarled low cuilion holly tree after it carries up the dead' there, whereas presbyterian biers are covered with a cloth.

Dates: 29 August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about Sula Sgeir, August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/111
Scope and Contents

Note about Sula Sgeir [Sulisgeir, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] that peats would be taken by crews going there and when they got there they would pray the Lord's Prayer at the site of the old temple.

Dates: August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about the chapel [at Stonefield Castle], June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/108
Scope and Contents

Note about the chapel [at Stonefield Castle, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] that it is 'on top of [the] house because no person must walk above above (sic) "the Real Presence".'

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

Note about the 'Clach air Sealbh Chaorach' and other lucky charms, 24 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/129
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 24 June 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Note about the 'De-dieann', 27 October 1873

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW115/27
Scope and Contents

Note about the 'De-dieann' which reads 'Winter amuse[ment]s - a little creat[ure] call[led] An De-dieann/ De-dio'eann dileas - They w[ou]ld him dance on the bac easgaid na fri &c. Totachan Clann Andain Falbh sar a cu &c.'

Dates: 27 October 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

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