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Scope Note: Created For = CW

Found in 205 Collections and/or Records:

Poem beginning 'Chun[naic] mi na Sandagan' and accompanying note, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/207
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Chun[naic] mi na Sandagan (sand eels), A dir[each] ri Meall anndrari' being three verses of the twelve false verses and twelve verses which a condemned man had to make up in order to save himself from being put to death. The accompanying note which states that the man made the verses up in Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty].

Dates: June 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Coin air loina', 1895

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/63
Scope and Contents

Poem writte down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula beginning 'Coin air loina, Eich air thaoda'. Text has been scored through in pencil.

Dates: 1895
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Cold blow the wind through the chinks in the window', 5 October 1865

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW105/6
Scope and Contents

Poem [probably written by Alexander Carmichael] beginning 'Cold blow the wind through the chinks in the window' and addressed to a woman named Mary, although it appears that it was originally addressed to someone else possibly 'Jeanie'. The poem is composed of eight lines divided into two stanzas.

Dates: 5 October 1865
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Di-haoine craobhach', 29 August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/61
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Di-haoine craobhach'.

Dates: 29 August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Don[u]l nan ord dalta ghobha', 29 August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/77
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Don[u]l nan ord dalta ghobha', about Dòmhnall nan Òrd [Donald Stewart] probably collected from Donald MacColl, [foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Dates: 29 August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Dunolla Dunolla dun nam breagaga donna', 1888

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/319
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Dunolla Dunolla dun nam breagaga (sic) donna' collected from Mrs General Frazer.

Dates: 1888
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Fear a shiul o dheas gu tua', October 1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/51
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Fear a shiu[bha]l o dheas gu tua[th], S cha ro[bh] fios aige co dhiu b' fear'.

Dates: October 1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Gad tha Niall a noc[hd] na thosd', 1885

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/278
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Gad tha Niall a noc[hd] na thosd'.

Dates: 1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Gair nan cath eir tulach shamhna', 29 September 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW105/12
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Gair nan cath eir tulach shamhna' collected from Hector MacLeoid or Eachunn mac Alastair [Hector MacLeod] cottar, Iocar [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. Carmichael comments 'I don't understand these lines'. Text has been scored through as if to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 29 September 1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Gao an iar thar na Feiste' and accompanying note, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/179
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Gao an iar thar na Feiste, Ceo is uisge' which is described as having been composed by Màiri Nighean Alasdair Ruaidh to the MacDonalds after a meeting at Rodail [Roghadal/Rodel, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] at which the MacLeods and MacDonalds quarrelled. A vocabulary note reads 'Foirich = Pestle'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: June 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael