Literacy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Note about Uilleam Swain who wrote ogham, October 1892
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/50
Scope and Contents
Note about Uilleam Swain [William Swain], Taigh Beallach Ruai, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, who wrote ogham which his wife was able to understand.
Dates:
October 1892
Poem entitled 'Duan na Dilionn', 10 April 1869
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Identifier: Coll-97/CW107/67
Scope and Contents
Poem entitled 'Duan na Dilionn' beginning 'Diluain thig an doireann tiom' collected from Ruari Donalluch [Roderick MacDonald] Clachghloip [Clach a' Ghluip/Clachan na Lùib, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist]. Text has been scored through and a note on folio 65r reads 'B[ook] 2 p[age]' while a note on folio 66r reads 'Transcribed Wednesday May 5 1869 AAC.' Written transversely on folio 66r is a note to the effect that Ruari heard the poem from a Catherine MacDonald aged 80, who unusually for a woman...
Dates:
10 April 1869