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Vocabulary

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

Found in 388 Collections and/or Records:

Verse about shellfish and accompanying vocabulary note, 1904

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW178/47
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Verse about shellfish beginning 'Se n duileasg measg a b fhear' and accompanying vocabulary note, which reads 'Faochagan is barnacle'

Dates: 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Verse beginning 'Dreollain an druis' and accompanying note, c1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/93
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Verse beginning 'Dreollain an druis, Ball buidhe an bois' composed of four lines. The accompanying note reads 'Uir aran tana - nas taine na bonnach.'

Dates: c1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Verse entitled 'Eolas an Spealaidh' and vocabulary note, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/145
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Humorous verse entitled 'Eolas an Spealaidh' , which reads 'Cum bogha air do chorp, 'S cum a mach do thiumpan.' The vocabulary note reads 'Tiumpan = the posterior = Deireadh.'

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

Verse entitled 'Oiche Shamhna' and accompanying notes, 1904

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW178/46
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Verse entitled 'Oi[dh]che Shamhna' [Halloween] beginning 'Tha mise ga do dheas, A ruaidh roid'. The accompanying note reads 'They had to see their love' and vocabulary added reads 'Gille-toire = Henchman = spy'.

Dates: 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Vocabularly note for 'Luirgneachan' and 'Gearraiste', 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/43
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Vocabularly note for 'Luirgneachan' and 'Gearraiste', the former being 'that part of the tether next the foot' and the latter 'the part next the ciopain the udalan between'. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Vocabulary for a frog, 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/81
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary for a frog, possibly from travelling people (often known as 'tinker's cant'), which reads 'Mola-mhogan - miolamhag muile, mhag-murra-mhaga = Frog'. Text has been scored through.

Dates: 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Vocabulary for 'athla' [heifer], August 1909

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/60
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary for 'athla' [heifer].

Dates: August 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Vocabulary for 'carsail', 'cladhan' [byre drain], 11 September 1909

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/101
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary for carsail, cladhan [byre drain]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 11 September 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Vocabulary for 'ceann gropai' and 'marag-deochdai[dh]', August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/118
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary for 'ceann gropai' and 'marag-deochdai[dh]' meaning cod liver and oatmeal boiled in cods head and cod liver and meal boiled in cod intestine.

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

Vocabulary for 'Cioch-shlugain' and 'Glas-chiodhlan', September 1909

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/128
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary for 'Cioch-shlugain' [cìoch-shlugain or uvula] and 'Glas-chiodhlan' [glas-chìodhlan or lock-jaw]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: September 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael