Skip to main content

Dance

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

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Somali Warriors, Preparing for a Dance, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2197
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a group of Somali warriors preparing for a dance wearing long robes and turbans and carrying long spears in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Song beginning 'Se t eilbh san t eilbh', 1901

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/16
Scope and Contents

Song beginning 'Se t eilbh san t eilbh, S e t eilbh bu docha leinn' [The Kilt Is My Delight]. The song is composed of twleve lines, but as it is port-a-beul, the second and third lines of each verse are repetitions of the first and given as ditto marks. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1901

Story entitled 'Damhsa Sith' about a fairy dance, 1891

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/134
Scope and Contents

Story entitled 'Damhsa Sith' [Dannsa Sith - Fairy Dance] about a man who spots a dance going on inside a fairy hill and goes in to join them. He dances for a year with a cask on his back when he is spotted by a neighbour passing by, who goes in to tell him he has been there a year but the man thinks he has only been there a short time.

Dates: 1891

The Crocodile Dance of the Bhutia Women, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1130
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a group of Bhuija women performing the crocodile dance in a wooded area next to a marquee in the background in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

The Elephant Dance, Bhunjas, Native Dance, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/202
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Bhunja people performing the Elephant dance in the late 19th or early 20th century in Nagpur, India.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1865-1886

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7
Scope and Contents Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing mainly Fenian songs and cattle charms. Most of the charms relate to cattle and working in the dairy and so are recited for the protection and healing of cattle, although there are some charms for protecting and healing people as well. A number of the charms include the use of medicinal plants, for which there is additional vocabulary. Carmichael also includes charms and customs for predicting marriage partners. Almost all of...
Dates: 1865-1886

Unknown, 20th century

 Series
Identifier: EUA GD55/2/38
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

Comprises an array of material relating to student life at Dunfermline College of Physical Education, including photographs, artefacts and items of College uniform as well as documents including examination papers.

Dates: 20th century