Food
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
Song entitled 'Port (Duet)', 1867
Song entitled 'Port (Duet)' collected 'From a man (-) at Howgearry N. Uist' [Hogha Gearraidh/Hogharry, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] beginning 'Bha thu eir bannais an raoir/de Ars Do'ull Cuimeineach'. The song is a comic one and is composed of twenty-five lines.
Story about a fairy child, 1867
Story about a fairy child, probably collected on Barraigh/Isle of Barra, telling how the child 'was not growing a bit...it was a small wizened old fashioned child'. One day its mother left it in bed under the care of an old man in case he awoke. 'The child wakened and got up an dmade a basin of fuarag - cream and meal - for himself and then went to bed like a sen[ile] man.'
Story about a girl trapped in a fairy hill, 1885
Story about a girl trapped in a fairy hill while out searching for her cattle. She was told to ball meal and that she would get out once she had finished but the amount of meal would not reduce despite her best efforts. An old man said he would help her get out if he gave her some of the meal because her lover was marrying that night and she got out.
Story about a seal in the form of a woman and accompanying song, c1875
Story about an insult made at Teampull na Trionaid, 20 January 1871
Story about eating rye and accompanying verse, 1901
Story about a man telling a boy eating rye in a verse beginning 'Nach tu an biastach, Gu ith nar diasan' that it would take out his teeth in a year. The man went with the boy to Orkney but never returned. Text has been scored through.
Story about the bird Langai [langaid or guillemot], 1867
Story entitled 'A Mhaighdean Mhara' about a mermaid in Shawbost, 1891
Story entitled 'An Dist Nabi', September 1872
Story entitled 'An Dist Nabi' [An Dithist Nàbhaidh, The Two Neighbours] probably collected on Barraigh/Isle of Barra. The story tells of two servants competing with one another to finish the harvest. One of them cheats by getting four women to work through the night and reminds them to leave a small bit at the end as was the custom. He wins the competition but is suspected of cheating and this is demonstrated by the request for bread and cheese. The text is unclear.
Story entitled 'An leanabh Ileach' and vocabulary note, August 1909
Story entitled 'An leanabh Ileach' in which a mother feeding her child spills egg over its mouth but pretends that it is ruddy and healthy 'Mo ruiteachan mo ruiteachan' but the child points out that the food missed his mouth. The vocabulary note reads 'Uaillean = Valentine'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.