Canada
Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:
Quantities of Breadstuffs (domestic produce) Exported from Canada, during the years 1868 and 1904., 1870s-1930s
Comparative table of the quantities of wheat, flour of wheat, barley, oats, pease and beans that was exported from Canada between 1868 and 1904.
Quantities of Meats of All Kinds Exported From Canada During the Years Ended June 30, 1868-1904, 1870s-1930s
Table of information on the quantities of various kinds of meats exported from Canada during the years ended June 30, 1868 to 1904.
Quantity and Value of Eggs, Butter and Cheese (domestic produce) Exported from Canada during the years ended June 30, 1868-1904, 1870s-1930s
Comparative table for the quantity and value of domestic produce such as eggs, butter and cheese that was exported from Canada between 1868 and 1904.
Remedy using dog fat entitled 'Lòni - Cure', August 1883
Description of a remedy made using dog fat entitled 'Lòni - Cure' with a note that it was a treatment used by an Indian doctor which cured Mrs Stewart of Prince Edward Island [Canada]. Also notes that one in ten people on the island have cancer.
Reports and data, 1944-1949
The material includes a report by H.G. Booker (T.R.E.), dated 1944; a report on eclipse observations in Canada, dated 1946; T.R.E. report and data, dated 1946; comments on a publication, author unknown, dated 1947; and charts and data for Australia, dated 1948-1949.
Sheep, Census, Canada, 1870s-1930s
Table of information on the number of sheep in the various Canadian provinces in 1881, 1891 and 1901.
St Andrew's Day address, c1928
St Andrew's Day address given by John Baillie, focusing largely on Scottish history and Scots in Canada.
Story about a fairy woman trying to entrap a man, September 1872
Story entitled 'Prince Charlies Pipe', 1869
Story entitled 'Princes Charlies Pipe' about a set of bagpipes which were believed to have been made for Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie). The pipes were in the possession of Roderick MacLellan, Bahiarva, Barra [Bàgh Thiarabhagh, Barraigh/Barra] at the time the story was collected. The item appears to be a fair copy of the story.
Story relating to Fuday, 24 September 1872
Story relating to Fuday [Fuideigh] in which the illegitimate son of MacNeil of Barra, Mac an Amhuris, avenges the abduction of his daughter by Lochlannaich [Vikings] by going to Fuday and killing them all. The remains of the Lochlannaich periodically washed up on shore. Two boys found gold on Fuday, which, after the death of their father, who had persuaded them to keep the gold, they used to buy property in Cape Breton, Canada following their emigration.