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Fairies

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

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106
Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Written on the inside front cover is '2/9 1870. Oban' and on the flyleaf is '[deleted: Twas] Friday 2 Sep[tember]. 1870. 12 noon from Ob[an]'. Folios 1-3r and 75r to 117v are blank. The text on folio 3v and 4r and 4v is written updside down and is later text (29 January 1875). The contents are in two distinct sections, the first being material collected on Lios Mòr/Lismore and the second being material collected in South Uist. Much of the...
Dates: 2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875

Song entitled 'Bean Shith', 21 September 1872 and 4 October 1875

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/87
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Bean Shith' [Bean Shìth] probably collected from Donald MacInnes, aged seventy four, Baile Gharbhaidh/Balgarva, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Mad ghual[lain] ghil agus leine, Mo leana[bh] curri cuirtleaseach'. Written transversely across the text in ink is 'Trans[cribed] Book II p. 338 4/10 1875 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'.

Dates: 21 September 1872 and 4 October 1875