Charms
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW
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Charm entitled 'Tearna Moire' [Placenta of Mary], vocabulary and accompanying story, 1883
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/22
Scope and Contents
Charm entitled 'Tearna Moire' [Placenta of Mary] collected from Ana Nic an Liallain bean Eachain 'ic Iosaig [Anna MacLellan], bocag [pauper], Ceannlangabhat, Iocar, S[outh Uist] [Iochdar, Uibhist a Deas] on 16 October 1867. Anna states that she got the charm from her mother Cairistina Chamaron [Christina Cameron] who got it from her mother Mairi O' Shialaidh [Mary O' Henly] and it had been in the family for many generations. The earna [nut] was mounted in silver attached to a cross which was...
Dates:
1883