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Vocabulary for wild garlic and quote, August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/107
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary for 'wild garlic' being 'creamh nam fiadh' and quote which reads 'An [lin] aig an t seana-bhean san t iasg meamh aig a chloinn'.

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

Vocabulary list, 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/176
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary list including 'Truill = Trull. Truillim I trill Truilleadh', Fidean = Covered by the sea', 'Os and os'an = A Fawn', 'Ceannabhi = Head as ceanna bhi taighe = Head of house' and 'Asgait = Lint refuse'. Two lines of the vocabulary list have been deleted in pencil.

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Vocabulary list, 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/180
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary list including 'fhamh = lamh = Dao-threobha', 'Luin = rope twist', Sirighil (airil?)', Slaman = curdled milk', 'Guith = curds with why press[e]d out of them' and 'Gruithein = Dry curd and butter mixed - Sometimes stored up in [pras] for winter use.'

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Vocabulary list, 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/145
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary list for eleven words and phrases including 'Caor = Champion', 'Caom = Loveable', 'Comul, Comol = assemblage gathering' and 'Eim = swift'.

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Vocabulary list, August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/65
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary list including 'Bri' or 'Brigh' a 'water liquid substance'; 'Tiumachas' and Diolam' for 'gleaning' and 'Gille-chul-chas' for 'Footman'.

Dates: August 1886
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Vocabulary list containing six words, c1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/75
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary list containing six words viz: Carran [plant], Caigeal [creek], Geiltean [fish gills], Tothan [moss], Sgeot [recess] and Ocrann [an eighth of a peck].

Dates: c1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Vocabulary list for fish and shellfish and some related sayings, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/178
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary list for fish and shellfish, including several descriptions of fish such as 'Falmair = Large teeth col[our] of Salm[on] as long + lith[e as an] eel - coarse fish'; 'Cilig = Cod'; 'Sachasan = sand eel' and some related sayings including 'S boc[hd] an clad[ach] air nach fhaig[hear] maor[aich]'.

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

Vocabulary list for 'Ob, Obi', 'Bestead' and 'Leasing', 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/146
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary list which reads 'Ob, Obi = Charm, string of beads of glass or amber, Bestead = Distress, Leasing = Lying false'.

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Vocabulary list for types of placenta, 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/144
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary list for types of placenta composed of 'Tearnadh', 'Cruthach', 'Bathar' and 'Seile' being respectively the placentas of a woman, mare, cow and lastly hind, sheep and goat.

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Vocabulary list including words for rheumatism, 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/183
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary list including words for rheumatism 'Scainteach', 'Greim-loin' and 'Siataig', the first of these being attributed to Islay and the third to Lewis [Ìle and Isle of Lewis/Eilean Leòdhais]. The rest of the note reads 'Scanaport on the river Ness. Ca[thuil] = Catching fish [in] excise ink bottle.'

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael