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

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Photograph from the Kestrel Gymnastic Club's 'Teddy Bear's Picnic' performance at the 1988 'Gym-Fest', Perth, 1988

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1842/6/5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Comprises two photograph albums amd a number of photographs of teams, competitions, events and individuals, including former Scottish Gymnastics presidents and various title holders.

Dates: 1988

Photographs from the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Manchester, 2002

 File
Identifier: Coll-1842/6/19
Scope and Contents

Some photographs feature the gymnast Steve Frew, who took gold in the men's rings at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England at the age of 28. This was the first Gymnastics Commonwealth Games Gold Medal for Scotland in the history of the Commonwealth Games.

Dates: 2002

Photographs of gymnasts at the Commonwealth Games, Victoria, Australia, 1994

 File
Identifier: Coll-1842/6/13
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Comprises two photograph albums amd a number of photographs of teams, competitions, events and individuals, including former Scottish Gymnastics presidents and various title holders.

Dates: 1994

Photographs of participants at a Scottish Sports Council event, Undated

 File
Identifier: Coll-1842/6/29
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Comprises two photograph albums amd a number of photographs of teams, competitions, events and individuals, including former Scottish Gymnastics presidents and various title holders.

Dates: Undated

Photographs of the Scottish Gymnastics centenary acrobatics competition, Glasgow, 16 June 1990

 File
Identifier: Coll-1842/6/10
Scope and Contents

Comprises black and white photographs of the acrobatics event, prizegiving and subsequent celebrations.

Dates: Event: 16 June 1990

Photographs of the Scottish Team at a gymnastics event, Undated

 File
Identifier: Coll-1842/6/25
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Comprises two photograph albums amd a number of photographs of teams, competitions, events and individuals, including former Scottish Gymnastics presidents and various title holders.

Dates: Undated

Photographs of various events, Undated

 File
Identifier: Coll-1842/6/24
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Comprises two photograph albums amd a number of photographs of teams, competitions, events and individuals, including former Scottish Gymnastics presidents and various title holders.

Dates: Undated

Poem entitled 'A Mhuillearstach' and accompanying notes, 20 October 1871

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW119/33
Scope and Contents Poem entitled 'A Mhuillearstach' collected from Donald Maclellan or Donl mac Iain bhain ic Neil, aged 84 years S[outh] Hacleit, Benbecula, S[out] Uist [Haclait/Hacklet, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning ''S la dha'n Fheinn eir Tullach Eirinn, 'S i g amharc Eirinn ma timicheall'. The song is composed of two hundred and four lines, two of which have been written in pencil transversely, probably after the whole text had been written. A preamble to the story is...
Dates: 20 October 1871

Scottish Winners of the Gymnastic Team Championship of Great Britain and Ireland Trophy - The Adams Shield, 1899-1910

 Item — Box CLX-D-68: Series Coll-1842/8
Identifier: Coll-1842/8/3/2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Comprises a large number of trophies, shields and other prizes, including the "Scottish Shield." Also comprises a number of medals, commemorative objects from various gymnastics events and textile items including pennants, flags, ties and items of sportswear.

Dates: Existence: 1899-1910

Stories relating to the harvest tradition of the 'cailleach', 30 October 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/118
Scope and Contents Stories probably collected from Angus Currie, Àird na Monadh, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, relating to the harvest tradition of the 'cailleach', the last sheaf of corn to be cut from the field. The cailleach was sent by someone who had finished cutting his corn to a neighbour who had not finished cutting theirs and was considered to be a great disgrace. One story tells of a man who went on horseback from Bornish to Milton with the cailleach and the recipient was so cross he chased him, caught...
Dates: 30 October 1872