Folklore
Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:
'A 'Ghobha[r] Ghlas agus an Sionnach' [The grey goat and the fox], 1889
List of tales sent to Reverend D. MacInnes, Oban, Argyll in August 1889.
'Airi [sic] na h-aon Oichi' [sic] [The shieling of the one night], c late 19th century
Tale headed 'Airi [sic] na h-aon Oichi' [sic].
'An Feumanach' [The needy man], c late 19th century
Tale written down by Alexander Carmichael but said to have been composed by Niall Mor Mac Muirich.
An t-Eilean Uaine, late 19th-early 20th century
Gaelic tale, headed 'An t-Eilean Uaine' (The Island of Mull).
There are additional extracts of a tale headed 'The Melodeous Lady Ford' included on the verso side of two of the pages.
Archaeological and other notes, c.1870
Notes by Alexander Carmichael, perhaps the draft of an article, on various topics including Borve Castle in Benbecula; shell-mounds; the 'Good John of Islay' and his wife; 'Teampull na Trionaid'; ruins at Cairinish; the castle of the Clanranalds. Refers to an article by 'Captain Feilden' from the 'Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow'.
Assorted drafts, correspondence, etc., c 1858-1934
Cailleach a' Ghobha, late 19th-early 20th century
13 line poem entitled 'Cailleach a' Ghobha'. It begins, 'S ann a bha 'n othail air cailleach a' ghobha'.
There are additional notes included on the verso side of the page.
Cailleach an Dudain, late 19th-early 20th century
17 line poem entitled 'Cailleach an Dudain', beginning 'An Toir thu do nighean dhomh, A chailleach an Dudain'.
'Carmina Gadelica, Volume IV originals', c late 19th-early 20th century
Celtic Class Notes, 1890-1891
2 volumes of celtic class notes taken by Rev Charles Robertson. It is likely that the lectures in these notebooks were delivered by Donald Mackinnon. Contents include gaelic translations, gaelic phonetics, proverbs and riddles, old gaelic hymns, literature and philology.