Tales
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1872-1893
Story about the Duke of Tarentum, 18 January 1871
Story probably collected from Roderick MacDonald [Ruaraidh Saor] telling how the Duke of Tarentum was a little man and that he was very like his cousin Fear Howbig [Tobha Beag/howbeg, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist].
Story about the Duke of Tarentum and his family in Uist, 1877
Story entitled 'Duke of Tarentum' stating that he visited Uist [Uibhist] in 1846 and left £10 a year to his cousins Alast[air] and Isebal [Alexander and Isabel MacEachan]. It gives details of the MacEachan family including a nephew of the Duke, who learned English under a tutor paid for by the Duke, and mentions two young men who were taken away on the Duke's ship.
Story entitled 'Flora MacDonald', 1892
Story entitled 'Flora MacDonald' telling how she met Bonnie Prince Charlie and how MacDonalds and MacEachens helped him to escape from Uist, including details of a priest's encounter with government officers and the various cordons through which they managed to pass unobserved. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.