Dragonflies
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Note of references to be checked, June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/143
Scope and Contents
Note by Alexander Carmichael to self of references to be checked in relation to the dragonfly, the raven and the spider, namely Tennyson's 'Two Voices', 'Ayton's PCG' and 'Pope's 192'.
Dates:
June 1887
Vocabulary note for tadpole, dragonfly and some plants, 24 June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/133
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary note for dragonfly and some plants collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann. The note includes 'Ceanna-Phollan', 'C[eanna] Simid' [both meaning tadpole] and gives 'Tarbh-Narach' as a term for dragonfly and describes its size. It gives 'Cluas an Fheidh' as possibly 'Harts tongue', 'Caol Phail' as a plant of three feet high or more and 'Meac-an-mor' as being 'Like Leeks'.
Dates:
24 June 1887