Solitude
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW
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Poem beginning 'An Caolas ad Odrum' and accompanying note, June 1887
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/220
Scope and Contents
Poem beginning 'An Caolas ad Odrum, Far an caidil na roin' and accompanying note, which states that Caolas Odrum 'between the isle of Heisgeir and the isle of Sheilley, North Uist' [Theisgeir/Heisker and Siolaigh/Shillay, Uibhist a Tuath]. Carmichael also notes that 'Shielly' comes from 'Seal (roin) + ay' and 'Heisgeir from h-aoi isthmus and ey - an isle'.
Dates:
June 1887