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Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

Song entitled 'Laoidh Ona (Jonah?)', 1885

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/67
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Laoidh Ona (Jonah?)' collected from Mary MacRae, Caolas Stiadar/Sound of Stiadar, Na Hearadh/Harris on 4 April 1876, beginning 'A Chriost thug aoi do'n treveller/deoiri, S tu solus ur nan dall'. Additions have been made to the text in pencil and in ink.

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

Song entitled 'Mac Og An Iarla Ruaidh', 1885

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/71
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Mac Og An Iarla Ruaidh' collected from Mary MacRae, Caolas Stiadar/Sound of Stiadar, Na Hearadh/Harris on 4 April 1876 beginning 'Their mi hill uill o-han, Their mi hill o an o'. The song is composed of thirty-three lines and has been arranged as eight verses. The text has been scored through in ink.

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

Song entitled 'Oran Mhic ic Ailen' and accompanying story, 23 March 1871

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW119/10
Scope and Contents Song entitled 'Oran Mhic ic Ailen', collected from Catrina Pearson [Catherine Pearson or MacPherson], Keantangval [Ceanntangabhal/Kentangaval, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] beginning 'Sann a gha[bh] mi mo chead dhiot, A cheist nam fear oga'. The song is composed of fifty-eight lines. The accompanying story tells how the song was composed by the first James of Boisdale, who was the first person to get Boisdale after the MacNeils of Barra had it. His relationship to the MacDonald of Clanranald who...
Dates: 23 March 1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Oran Sith' and accompanying note, November 1873

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/28
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Oran Sith' [Oran Sìth or Fairy Song] beginning 'Tri feoragan is 3 smeoraichean, S a smeor riach eir an toiseach' and accompanying note which tells how the fairies caught hold of a girl who 'went for her mother's cattle + kept her. Her comp[anion] got home + she sang this song'.

Dates: November 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Sound of Harris to Aird Bhreidhnis, c1877

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/9/5
Scope and Contents

To an 1872 reprint of the map created from a survey of 1860, minor annotations have been added.

Dates: c1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Hydrographic Maps

Story about a fairy cup, 12 July 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/81
Scope and Contents Story about a fairy cup collected from Kenneth Morrison, Nishishee, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris telling how Bruth Loscintir [Bruaichean Losgaintir/Luskentyre Banks] are 'Sithein' [fairy hills] at the tunga or tomb Buaile rosmail [Buaile Rosamail]. A young man saw the fairy hill open and inside there was music and dancing. He was handed a cup which he took but went outside with it and was chased down the road by the fairies, who called out after him a verse beginning, 'Nach lua[th] Lurag nach...
Dates: 12 July 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story about a man who comandeers a boat near Aird Huisinis, c1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW105/25
Scope and Contents

Story about a man, probably a merman, who comandeers a boat near Aird Huisinis [Àird Huisinis/Huisinis, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] and never speaks a word for years before disappearing again.

Dates: c1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story about a red horse and accompanying saying about Beinn Eadar, 1873

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW105/35
Scope and Contents

Story about a red horse set around Maruig [Màraig, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] and accompanying saying about Beinn Eadar which reads ''S fhada bhuam fhi[n] bonn Beinn eadar, Shada bhuam fhi[n] Beal a ghormail'. A note states that Beinn Eadar is now An Cliseam [An Cliseam/Clisham, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] and that Beal[ach] a Ghormail is east of the foot of An Cliseam near Maruig.

Dates: 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story about an eel, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/164
Scope and Contents

Story about an eel which caught a man's leg at Leacali [Leac a LÌ/Lackalee, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] but [it was later caught and a piece was taken out of it]. Each line of text has been scored through horizontally.

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

Story about Bonnie Prince Charlie, the MacLeods of Berneray and Cambells of Srannda, c1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW90/63
Scope and Contents

Story about Bonnie Prince Charlie in Harris [Na Hearadh] and the involvement of the Campbells of Srannda [Strond]. It states that the prince stayed with Donald mac Iain Òig for six nights. 'Old Berneray' [Donald MacLeod] fled to Ua[mh] Ulladail [Cave of Ulladale] and in his absence Captain Ferguson threatened Iain Mòr Liath mac Mhic Choinnich [Campbell] that he would blow up the house.

Dates: c1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael