Islay Argyllshire Scotland
Found in 112 Collections and/or Records:
Placename etymology for Carnan-an-t-seisir, 1867
Poem beginning 'Seven years before that awfull day', 1886
Poem beginning 'Seven years before that awful day' by Dr Smith of Campbeltown, Kintyre [Ceann Loch Cille Chiarain, Cinn TÌre] about Iona [Ì Chaluim Chille] surviving a flood which will deluge Ireland [Eireann] and Islay [Ìle]
Poem beginning 'Shiub[hail] Muile leat us Ile', 14 August 1883
Poem beginning 'Shiub[hail] Muile leat us Ile' collected from Rev [] MacGregor, Lismore [Lios Mòr].
Proverb about snakes, June 1887
Proverb about snakes which reads 'La Fheil Bri [Fheill Brìde] thig nibhir as an toll, Cha bhoin mi fhein do nibhir' [On St Bride's day the snake will come out of the hole, I won't touch her and she won't touch me]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Rhyme about bird calls, 4 June 1887
Rhyme about bird calls including the call of the smeòrach or thrush and the call of the lon-dubh or blackbird.
Rhyme beginning 'Chunna mise an Dreolla', June 1887
Rhyme probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Baile Meadhanach/Ballymeanach, Ìle/Islay, beginning 'Chunna mise an Dreolla, Am bogach am bac moine' .
Saying about the bird 'Reamhag' [skylark], 4 June 1887
Saying about the bird 'Reamhag' [skylark] which reads 'A ciel Ni suas cho aird ri ean san ealt chan eil soisneac innte'. Text has been scored through in pencil perhaps to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.
Saying beginning 'Feuch rist e!', June 1887
Saying collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Baile Meadhanach/Ballymeanach, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Feuch rist e! Feuch rist e! Sguab as e! Sguab as e!'.
Short account of a trip to Ìle/Islay, 1 June 1887
Short account of a trip to Ìle/Islay by Alexander Carmichael, describing how he landed at Port Ellen and drove to Bridgend finally travelling with his sister-in-law, Helen Carmichael and staying in Claidville [Port Ilein, Beul an Àtha and Cladville].
Sketch of a cross [at Cille Chiarain/Kilchiarain], June 1887
Sketch of a cross probably at Cille Chiarain/Kilchiaran, Ìle/Islay, giving some of its dimensions.