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

Found in 204 Collections and/or Records:

Poem begining 'Nigheann Righ Eangain A triuir leannan', c1875

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/132
Scope and Contents

Poem begining 'Nigheann Righ Eangain A triuir leannan'. The verse has been written out twice, the second time arranging the text in shorter lines.

Dates: c1875

Poem beginning 'A bhean bhalbh sin a bhean bhalbh' and accompanying story, c1866

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/3
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Poem beginning 'A bhean bhalbh sin a bhean bhalbh' and accompanying story collected from Lachlan Donullach [Lachlan MacDonald], Grimisey [Griomsaigh/Grimsay, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist]. The story is a reworking of 'An t-Og Chraobh' which can be found on folios 1v to 12r (CW104/1).

Dates: c1866

Postcard to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 31 January 1896

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L431
Scope and Contents

Postcard, 31 January 1896, Surrey, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. News of the Tovey family, and Tovey composing music for his brothers play. Holograph signed.

Dates: 31 January 1896

Quote from Mor Nic Cuinn about comhaltas [fosterage], 8 July 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/27
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Quote from Mor Nic Cuinn [Marion MacQueen, Tarasaigh/Taransay] which reads, 'Comhaltas gu ceud s caird gu fichead says old Mor when prais[in]g Na daltachan.'

Dates: 8 July 1870

Riddle entitled 'An Te Rinn Diolanas', c1862

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/34
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Riddle entitled 'An Te Rinn Diolanas' in which the nature of the relationship between a groom and a woman going to his wedding has to be ascertained.

Dates: c1862

Saying beginning 'Gheobhar fear an coill', c1876

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/91
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Saying probably collected in Uibhist/Uist beginning 'Gheobhar fear an coill, Gheobhar mac am broinn'. The saying is composed of four lines. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: c1876

Song and accompanying story about a woman who goes insane, 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/9
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Song and accompanying story about a woman who goes insane for seven years after she kills her newborn baby. Before she killed it her husband had cut the head off a sheep in front of her and one of his boys tried to kill the baby. The song begins 'A choillich dhubh a bhrol dherg' and is composed of eight verses of four lines each. At the beginning of the story is written 'Copied' and the text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1901

Song beginning 'B[h]on thainig mi dhan duthaich so gur beag mo shunt ri ceol' and accompanying story, 1860

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW109/10
Scope and Contents Song probably collected in An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye beginning 'B[h]on thainig mi dhan duthaich so gur beag mo shunt ri ceol' ['Thug mi gaol do'n t-seòladair']. Carmichael writes that the song was composed the previous summer (1859) by Anna MacLeod to a handsome young sailor called Donald Peaton [Beaton or Paton]. While Anna was singing the song, Donald's mother came into the house and fell into a swoon because Donald had been drowned. On reviving, she asked Anna to sing the song...
Dates: 1860

Song beginning 'Fhir ad dh alas a maireach' and accompanying notes, September 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/120
Scope and Contents Song collected from Mary MacNeil née MacDougall (or MacDonald), Ceanntangabhal/Kentangaval, Barraigh/Isle of Barra beginning 'Fhir ad dh alas a maireach, Ill in ora hù o hù o' and accompanying notes, which tell how the widow had a vision of her son's death and would not let him leave home and that 'bacan' are the four posts supporting the 'beairst' [loom]. All of the items listed in the song have to be brought back together before the son can leave home. Text has been scored through in both...
Dates: September 1872

Song beginning 'Gorag nach teid [th]u dh'Iain duigh' and accompanying note, 24 September 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/94
Scope and Contents Song beginning 'Gorag nach teid [th]u dh'Iain duigh', probably collected from Catherine MacFarlane née MacPherson, Ceanntangabhal/Kentangaval, Barraigh/Isle of Barra. The song has a note written transversely over the top of it and the text of the preceding item which reads 'The fairy daughter was asked in marriage by a man who she did not like & her mother pressed her to marry him rather than the empty handed one in orthodox fashion'. It is also noted that 'The fancy loon was killed by...
Dates: 24 September 1872