Blessings

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.

Scope and Contents 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.

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 ann...

Scope and Contents 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.

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 Deas/South...

Scope and Contents 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.

Scope and Contents 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.

Scope and Contents 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.

Scope and Contents 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.

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.