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Jesus Christ

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

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Story about why the cock does not crow in Ireland, 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/44
Scope and Contents

Story about why the cock does not crow in Ireland, describing how Christ had said that he was not going until the cock crowed and so in Connaught [Connacht] people placed their cockerels under pots so that they would not crow and they have not crowed since. It is noted that 'They were not so cursed in our Highlands and islands as all that'. The text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1901

Story entitled 'Christ', 11 September 1909

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/102
Scope and Contents

Story entitled 'Christ' probably collected from Catherine MacLean, crofter, Naast, Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty [Nàst, Geàrr Loch, Ros is Cromba]. The story tells of a woman who was suffering from a swollen breast and is healed by Christ. Catherine states that she healed ten or twelve similar cases in Gairloch and in Morayshire [Moireibh]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 11 September 1909

Story entitled 'Christ on the Cross', 11 September 1909

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/100
Scope and Contents

Story entitled 'Christ on the Cross' collected from Catherine MacLean, crofter, Naast, Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty [Nàst, Geàrr Loch, Ros is Cromba]. The story tells of how a female tinker [bana-cheard] fanned the flames of the fire which forged the nails used to nail Christ to the cross for which Christ cursed her and her descendants to travel for generations without finding peace or rest. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 11 September 1909

Story entitled 'Dealan De' [Yellow Butterfly], 30 January 1895

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/83
Scope and Contents Story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Dealan De' [Dealan-DèYellow Butterfly]. MacRury tells how there are many kinds of Dealan-Dè but this particular kind is uncommon and did not exist until Christ had risen from the dead. They all came out of Christ's tomb. He gives a lengthy, romantic physical description of the butterfly and tells how they are never seen around wrong-doers or where there is bad language. It is good luck for the butterfly to be seen...
Dates: 30 January 1895

Story entitled 'Greim Mionnaich', 11 September 1909

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/107
Scope and Contents Story entitled 'Greim Mionnaich' from Catherine MacLean, crofter, Naast, Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty [Nàst, Geàrr Loch, Ros is Cromba], which tells of a stranger seeking shelter for the night and being refused but is given a bed in the barn. During the night the woman's husband takes unwell and she goes to ask the stranger for help who cures the man while chiding the woman for beging too quick to refuse hospitality and letting Christ himself sleep in the barn. Text has been scored through as...
Dates: 11 September 1909

Uproar over play's gay Jesus character (The Scotsman), 2 May 1998

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Identifier: GD61/11/2/2/55
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 2 May 1998