Clothing and dress
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
Song entitled 'Coisgrigeadh an Aodaich' and accompanying notes, 7 August 1886
Song entitled 'Donnacha mac Chuilean' and accompanying notes, 27 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Story about a Bean Nithidh [washerwoman], January 1871
Story about 'Donl a Ghleidhidh' the seer, August 1886
Story about 'Do[mh]n[al]l a Ghleidhidh' the seer, telling how he did not take off his 'cota mor' [còta mòr or greatcoat] for seven years and the day he did he made a prediction which came true. The nature of the prediction is unclear owing to the illegibility of the handwriting.
Story about female ghosts, September 1870
Story about two female ghosts, the first being Maidean a Chaisteil [Maighdean a' Chaisteil or Maid of the Castle] who lived in Chaisteil Chaifein [Caisteal Chaifeann/Castle Coeffin, Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] and 'wore a green dress & walked about'. The other ghost haunted Dun alla [probably Dùn Ollaidh/Dunolllie] and she would 'Roll down mulachagun [mulachagan or cheeses] upon the servant when they displ[eased] her.' This ghost was a 'Nic-I-achain'.
Story about MacMhuirich winning a shirt from O' Neil, 1871
Story telling how O' Neil had a 'magnificent shirt' made which he would give to the person who composed the best poem. No one was able to win it from O' Neil until MacMhuirich arrived and he won it by reciting a poem beginning 'Thin[ig] mi a Al[ba] do dh Eir[inn], A dheo[gh] mhic O Nil a chois cliu'.
Story about Mrs Alexander MacPherson, daughter of the baillie of Fearnoch, 1884
Story entitled 'Fionladh Choinnachain', c1860
Story under the heading 'Roin' entitled 'Buala Na Sgeir', c1875
Tamil Man, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a Tamil man in traditional dress in the early 20th century.