Scope and Contents Account of fulling cloth on Miulay [Miùghlaigh/Mingulay] describing how he heard the singing coming from a hut as he passed by and so he went in and found 'six good looking comely girls waulking cloth. One sung the verse the rest the chorus and all took their turn at this. All songs suited the body made in ful[ling] and all to my ear wild weird and beautiful. One was a fairy song and fairy like'. Carmichael notes that he measured the arms of two of the girls and that while the others seemed...

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Note collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaline [Loch Àlainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] about waulking songs describing how six women work at fulling the cloth, one woman sings and the rest sing the chorus. 'No song must be sang (sic) twice or else it [takes] back the cloth.' There are also fragments of lines from waulking songs.

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Note which reads 'A woman allotted for each y[ar]d of cloth at luathadh' collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; epilepsy; head injury; and concussion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; headaches; and depression. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; and cerebral concussion. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Chart, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: syphilis; head injury; concussion; and alcoholism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Song entitled 'Fail in ocha - Iomarbhaigh' [A Spaidearachd Bharrach] collected from Seonaid Churrai [Janet Currie], Staonabrig [Staoinebrig/Stoneybridge, Uibhist A Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Dhia s gaolach liom an gille, Gha bheil deiread agus gill-dhuinnead'. The song is composed of twenty six lines and has been scored through in ink with a transverse note reading 'Transcribed 12/12 1883 Book III 241 page A[lexander] C[armichael].' The accompanying story tells how MacNeill of Barra,...