Magic
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Album of cuttings relating to dreams, c.1840-1870
Album of cuttings and manuscript quotations from various periodicals, regarding dreams, visions, superstitions, and other supernatural phenomena
E.Or Ms 649: Ethiopic Scroll, undated (c. 19th cent. C.E.)
This is a protective scroll. It is paper, 186 by 9 cm, and constituted of 4 joined sections. It is written in the Ge'ez script, with red ink decorations at the head of each section.
Field and transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1867
Fragment of a story 'A Chromag Gabh mu n Cuairt', 1861
Fragment of the story 'A Chromag Gabh mu n Cuairt' probably collected from Ruaridh Camshron [Roderick Cameron], Carbost [Càrabost, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. The text tells how the story of the man arriving at the giant's house and being hidden by the giant's wife. The full text of the story can be found at CW109/3 folio 6r.
Material relating to British magician Oswald Rae
Notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1856-1880
Poem beginning 'Nuair bha thu sa bhroinn chaothrian' and accompanying vocabulary, c1866
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'.