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Fairies

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

Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 12 September 1890 to 1895

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1
Scope and Contents Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael but also used by John Ewen MacRury. The front cover bears a sticker which reads 'Gaelic Notes 1894-5. (Collection of traditions, tales, etc. by Alexander Carmichael (?). Many pages cancelled, indicating publication.) [Carmichael Watson Collection]'. The flyleaf reads 'Gaelic Notes, 1894-5' and the rear flyleaf contains a jotting which reads 'Wishing Guidhe'. The beginning of the notebook contains field notes made by Carmichael in Uibhist a...
Dates: 12 September 1890 to 1895
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Notes on a fairy hill, 8 May 1877

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/59
Scope and Contents

Notes on the fairy hill called [Sithein a' Chrì mcleit], Gearyheille [Geàrraidh Sheilidh/Garryhellie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist].

Dates: 8 May 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Nuair bha thu sa bhroinn chaothrian' and accompanying vocabulary, c1866

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW104/16
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Nuair bha thu sa bhroinn chaothrain, Bu fhreasdalach mi ga chobhair' [The Rowan Hostel]. The poem contains twenty-four lines and the vocabulary notes are for 'Meothail = Delight and 'Air dhealbh mhuic = Like hogs'.

Dates: c1866
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Saying about the fairy folk, July 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/5
Scope and Contents

Saying about the fairy folk and that they are bad people. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

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

Saying entitled 'Fairies', 1895

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/72
Scope and Contents

Saying entitled 'Fairies' beginning 'Naogh naoghanan a deol nan cioch'. The saying attributes nine nines of years [eighty one years] to each stage of life. Carmichael sums up that the lifespan for fairies would be 567 years. Text was written in ink and scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1895
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song beginning 'Apran dui o hi horo huil o hò' and accompanying story, 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/26
Scope and Contents Song collected from Ruairi mac Dhonil [Roderick MacNeil], aged 94 years, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay and also from 'a black haired intell[i]gent] faced woman who sings & repeats with much taste and good sense. Easy to write from her diction'. The song begins 'Apran dui o hi horo huil o hò, Apran dui o hi hiri ile og u'. The song is composed of eight lines and Roderick states that his father, who lived in Bernara [Beàrnaraigh/Berneray] heard this 'under the floor of his house one night while he...
Dates: 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song beginning 'Cas a mhoga-luirein', c1893

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/15
Scope and Contents

Lullaby beginning 'Cas a mhoga-luirein, A luirein a luirein' known to have been collected on Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire.

Dates: c1893
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song beginning 'Chuala mi do gheadh sa bhin'ach', 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/28
Scope and Contents Song collected from Mairi Dhonullach niean Ruarai Chaluim [Mary MacDonald], aged about 28 years, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay beginning 'Chuala mi do gheadh sa bhin'ach, hoa ri na hura bhi iu o'. The song is composed of five lines. The text has been scored through in ink and written transversely across it is 'B[ook] 3 P[age] [-] Trans[cribed] June 16 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'. Also written transversely but in pencil and obscured by the ink transcription note is possible 'Oran Si[th]'...
Dates: 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song beginning 'Gheall mo lean dhomh sgial bheag', November 1873

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/33
Scope and Contents

Song beginning 'Gheall mo lean[nan] dhomh sgial bheag, A ghean a meanghan goid'. The song text has written transversely across is 'Trans[cribed] into No II B[ook] p. 125 A.A.C. Creagorry 8 October 1875' [Creag Ghoraidh/Creagorry, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula].

Dates: November 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song beginning ['Gur beag mo dhu[i]l aire'] and accompanying story, 1873

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW105/33
Scope and Contents

Song beginning ['Gur beag mo dhu[i]l aire'] about a warrior and accompanying story. The song is noted as being sung by two [fairy] women on two sides of Gleann-chnabhadail [Gleann Crabhadail/Glen Cravadale, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] and was heard by Muracha mac Ruari [Murdo [MacRury]]. The chorus suggests it is a waulking song. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

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