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Blessings

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

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Blessing beginning 'Falb[h] lom is thug molach', 1901

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/56
Scope and Contents

Blessing beginning 'Falb[h] lom is thug molach, S beir am boir[reanach] Bealt[ainn]' [Am Beannachd Lombaidh or The Clipping Blessing]. Text has been scored through.

Dates: 1901

Blessing beginning 'Far an roir thu cul do chinn', 1895

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/74
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Blessing probably collected on Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula beginning 'Far an toir thu cul do chinn, Agus clar do bhathais'. Text has been scored trhough in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1895

Custom relating to 'La nam Bannag' and accompanying song, 17 January 1874

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/42
Scope and Contents Custom relating to La nam Bannag [Latha nam Bannag/Christmas Eve] collected from Duncan MacLellan, clachair [mason], Càrnan/Carnan, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, describing how on that day they would go around the houses and 'If they got nothing they piled a cairn in the door or near it called Carnan na mollac + then sing out - Mallac[hd] Dhia s na Callaig agaibh.' MacLellan describes how when the people came round they went around the fire three times singing 'Gum bean[nachd] Dia n tai a th...
Dates: 17 January 1874

Note about the saying 'Sionnach air barr do shlaite' and vocabulary note, 24 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/130
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Note about the saying 'Sionnach air barr do shlaite' collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann, that if it is said to a man going fishing he will return home. The vocabulary note reads 'Gothan = Mi-dhuracan'. text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 24 June 1887

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 12 September 1890 to 1895

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1
Scope and Contents Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael but also used by John Ewen MacRury. The front cover bears a sticker which reads 'Gaelic Notes 1894-5. (Collection of traditions, tales, etc. by Alexander Carmichael (?). Many pages cancelled, indicating publication.) [Carmichael Watson Collection]'. The flyleaf reads 'Gaelic Notes, 1894-5' and the rear flyleaf contains a jotting which reads 'Wishing Guidhe'. The beginning of the notebook contains field notes made by Carmichael in Uibhist a...
Dates: 12 September 1890 to 1895

Prayer beginning 'Dhia bean[nachd] an saogh[al] na bheil air uair', 1 October 1890

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/30
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Prayer collected from Isabella MacIntosh née Kennedy, aged 69, Inbhir Ruaidh/Inverroy, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire beginning 'Dhia bean[nachd] an saogh[al] na bheil air uair, S gach ni chi mo shuil na [laibh] mo lamh'. Text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1 October 1890

Prayer beginning 'Dhia bean[naich] an taigh san lar', 12 September 1890

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/8
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Prayer collected from Cath[erine] Macintosh, aged 60, Staoligearry [Stadhlaigearraidh/Stilligarry, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] on 16 September 1890 beginning 'Dhia bean[naich] an taigh san tam, Dhia bean[naich] an tigh san lair'. Text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 12 September 1890

Prayer beginning 'Dhia coisrig an tai san ardach' and accompanying note, 1 October 1890

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/32
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Prayer collected from Isabella MacIntosh née Kennedy, aged 69, Inbhir Ruaidh/Inverroy, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire which reads 'Dhia coisrig an tai san ardach, S gach aon tha ga'ail tamh ann'. The accompanying note reads 'When put[tin]g on her clothes she says'. Text has been scored through in pencil as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1 October 1890

Prayer beginning 'E[a]dar ghui nan naomh s nan aing[lean]', 12 September 1890

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/12
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Prayer beginning 'E[a]dar ghui nan naomh s nan aing[lean]'. The last line reads 'An t alt Leapa' [An t-altachadh leapa or the bed blessing] indication that this might be another version. The handwriting for this item is quite unclear.

Dates: 12 September 1890

Prayer beginning 'Gum bean[naich] Dia taigh an teine san fhard[ach]', 1 October 1890

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/28
Scope and Contents

Prayer collected from Isabella MacIntosh née Kennedy, aged 69, Inbhir Ruaidh/Inverroy, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire beginning 'Gum bean[naich] Dia taigh an teine san fhard[ach]'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere. A double tick has been placed at the top of the page.

Dates: 1 October 1890