Carmina Gadelica Vol. 2: Notes: Names of Those From Whose Recitation the Poems Have Been Recorded

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Carmina Gadelica, Volume 2, by Alexander Carmicheal, [1900], at sacred-texts.com

NAMES OF THOSE FROM WHOSE RECITATION THE POEMS HAVE BEEN RECORDED

Poem.	Name.	Occupation.	Residence.	District.
1, 8, 39	ANN MACDONALD	Crofter's daughter,	Bothunntain Bhile	Lochaber.
2, 201, 202	MARY MACRAE 1	Dairy-woman	Taobh-tuath	Harris.
3, 9, 68	DUNCAN MACLELLAN	Crofter	Carnan	South Uist.
4, 38, 41	MARY MACDONALD	Crofter's daughter	Bothunntain Mhor	Lochaber.
5, 6, 7	DONALD MUNRO MORRISON 2	Physician	Edinburgh.
10	RAONAID MACPHERSON	Cottar	South Haccleit	Benbecula
11	A. B.	Light-keeper	Isl. of Heisgeir nam Manach 3	North Uist.
12	CATRINE MACINTYRE	Crofter's wife	Isl. of Bearnarey	Barra.
13	MATILI CAMPBELL 4	Crofter's wife	Island of Papey	Barra.
14	MARY FERGUSON	Cottar	Obbe	Harris.
15	JOHN CAMERON 5	Crofter	Borodh	Barra.
16	FIONNAGHAL MACDONALL 6	Cottar	Glen	Barra.
17	JOHN FRASER 7	Street Porter	Frederick Street	Edinburgh.
18, 43, 44	ISEBEAL MACKINTOSH 8	Crofter's wife	Ionnaruay	Lochaber.
19	GILLEONAIN MACNEILL 9	Cottar	Bailevicneill	Barra.
20, 152, 154	CATRINE MACKINTOSH 10	Cottar	Staoligearry	South Uist.
21	JANET MACVUIRICH 11	Crofter's daughter	Iochdar	South Uist.
22	RAONAID MACLEAN 12	Crofter's wife	Bailemartain	North Uist.
23	MARY MACINNES	Cottar	South Haccleit	Benbecula.
24, 71	JANET CAMPBELL 13	Nurse	Loch Sgiport	South Uist.
25, 77, 79	JANET MACIOSAIG 14	Crofter's wife	Staonabrig	South Uist.
26, 37	GILLEASPUIG MACVUIRICH 15	Shoemaker	Airdnamoine	South Uist.
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27, 164	ANN MACIOSAIG 16	Cottar's wife	Ceannlangavat	South Uist.
28	JOHN MACDONALD	Shepherd	Keapach	Lochaber.
29	DONALD MACCORMAIG	Crofter	Killpheadair	South Uist.
30	MARY MACMILLAN	Crofter's daughter	Lianacuith	South Uist.
31, 165	MOR MACIOSAIG	Crofter's wife	Staonabrig	South Uist.
32	PATRUIG SMITH 17	Crofter	Leth-meanach	South Uist.
33, 40, 111	CAIRISTINE MACINNES 18	Cottar	South Haccleit	Benbecula.
34, 185, 186	JOHN MACINNES 19	Crofter	Staoligearry	South Uist.
35, 36, 70	DONALD MACDONALD	Crofter	Grimnis	Benbecula.
42	MARY MACINNES	Cottar	Taighearry	North Dist.
45	CATRINE MACCUITHEAN 20	Cottar	Clachan-a-ghluip	North Uist.
46, 114	AONAS MACKINTOSH	Crofter	Dungaineacha	Benbecula.
47, 48	ISEBEAL GALBRAITH	Crofter's wife	Sgalary	Barra.

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Poem.	Name.	Occupation.	Residence.	District.
49	ALLAN MACPHIE	Tailor	Staonabrig	South Uist.
50	RODERICK MACCORMAIG 1	Crofter	Dungaineacha	Benbecula.
51	SORACHA MACPHIE	Tailor's wife	Staonabrig	South Uist.
52, 61	DONALD MACDONALD	Crofter	Staonabrig	South Uist.
53	MARY MACIOSAIG	Crofter's wife	Staonabrig	South Uist.
54, 98	NEILL MACNEILL	Herdsman	Eoiligearry	Barra.
55, 56, 57	ANGUS GUNN 2Cottar	Dail-fo-thuath	Lewis.
58	RODERICK MACNEILL	Cottar	Miunghlaidh	Barra.
59	JOHN MACDIARMAID	Crofter	Island of Scalpey	Harris.
60	CIORSDAI GILLIES	Crofter	Dungaineacha	Benbecula.
61	DONALD MACIAIN 3	R. C. Catechist	Isl. of Eirisgey	South Uist.
62, 78	EOGHAN WILSON	Crofter	Grimnis	Benbecula.
63	ALEXANDER MACDONALD	Shoemaker	Bailanloch	North Uist.
64	GILLEASPUIG MACKINNON 4	Shoemaker	Earsary	Barra.
65	PATRUIG MORRISON	Crofter	Baile nam Manach	Benbecula.
66	NEILL MORRISON	Bard-Shepherd	Island of Papey	Harris.
67	ANN MORRISON 5	Mason's wife	Trumsgearry	North Uist.
69, 187	FIONNLADH MACCORMAIG	Cowherd	Grogearry	South Uist.
72	GEORGE GUNN 6	Peasant proprietor	St Ola	Orkney.
73, 90	DONALD WILSON 7	Crofter	Airdmor	South Uist.
74	FIONNAGHAL MACNEIVEN 8	Crofter's wife	South Haccleit	Benbecula.
75	ALEXANDER MACDONALD 9	Crofter	Borodh	Barra.
76, 115	Mon GILLIES	Cottar	Moor of Aird	Benbecula.
80, 139	JOHN PEARSON	Ex-soldier, U.S.	Ceanntangaval	Barra.
81	RODERICK MACDONALD	Farmer	Saighidnis	North Uist.
82	MARY MACLELLAN 10	Crofter's wife	Hougearry	North Uist.
83	CATRINE MACDONALD	Crofter's wife	Smiorasary	Glenuig.
84	GILLEASPUIG MORRISON	Crofter	Staonabrig	South Uist.
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85	PATRUIG SMITH	Crofter	Staonabrig	South Uist.
86	FIONNAGHAL MACINNES 11	Crofter's wife	Buaile-dhubh	South Uist.
87, 157	CATRINE MACPHARLAN 12	Soldier's wife	Ceanntangaval	Barra.
88, 107	LACHLAN MACDONALD	Crofter	Grimnis	Benbecula.
89	AONAS MACDONALD	Crofter	Gearrynamoine	South Uist.
91	NEILL CAMPBELL	Crofter	Miunghlaidh	Barra.
92	TWO CROFTER WOMEN	in a crofter's house	Breuvaig	Barra.
93, 95	MAIRIREAD MACRAE	Crofter's wife	Tiobartan	South Uist.
94, 146, 163	MARY STEWART 13	Dairy-woman	Malacleit	North Uist.
96	RODERICK MACLACHLAN	Gardener	Buaile nam bodach	Barra.
97	CATRINE MACLEOD	Shepherd's wife	Isl. of Heillisey	Barra.
99	CAIRISTINE MACDONALD 14	Crofter's wife	Earsarey	Barra.
100, 127, 189	AONAS MACEACHAIN	Cattleherd	Staonabrig	South Uist.
101	DONALD MACDONALD	Cattleherd	Baile nan Cailleach	Benbecula.
102	SOMERLED MACDONALD	Cattleherd	Balranald	North Uist.
103	AONAS MACDONGAL	Cattleherd	Lianacleit	Benbecula.
104	DONALD MACINNES	Crofter	Baile-gharbhath	South Uist.

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Poem.	Name.	Occupation.	Residence.	District.
105	MURDOCH MACCUIS	Cattleherd	Grimnis	North Uist.
106	DONALD (?) MACLEAN 1	Farmer.
108	MALCOLM MACPHERSON	Shepherd	Bagh nam faoilean	South Uist.
109	MARY MACDONALD	Weaver	Locheuphort	North Uist.
110	MARY WILSON	Weaver	Tolarum	Benbecula.
112	DONALD MACINTYRE 2	R. C. Catechist	Aird	Benbecula.
113, 134, 207	DUNCAN CAMERON 3	Policeman	Lochaluinn	Morvern.
116, 129, 160	FIONNAGHAL MACLEOD	Cottar	Isl. of Bailesear	North Uist.
117	AONAS MACLELLAN	Cooper	South Haccleit	Benbecula.
118	JOHN MACCORMAIG	Crofter	Tolarum	Benbecula.
119	MALCOLM MACLEOD	Shipmaster	Lochmaddy	North Uist.
120, 201, 202	ALEXANDER MATHESON 4	Shipmaster	Dornie	Lochalsh.
121	GILLEASPUIG MACLELLAN 5	Shipmaster	N. Lochboisdale	South Uist.
122	UNA MACDONALD	Herdsman's mother	Island of Fuidhey	Barra.
123	ANN MACLEOD	Crofter's wife	Island of Scarp	Harris.
124	CATRINE MACCUITHEAN	Cottar	Fearann an leatha	Skye.
125	MAIRIREAD MACDONALD	Cottar	Gearryiain	North Uist.
126	MAIRIREAD MACDONALD	Cottar Hougearry	North Uist.
128, 143, 151	DONALD MACPHERSON	Shoemaker	Grimnis	Benbecula.
130, 137	DUGAL MACAULAY 6	Cottar	South Haccleit	Benbecula.
131	MARY (?) MACKENZIE	Crofter's wife	Isl. of Bearnarey	Lewis.
132	MARY MACDONALD	Shepherd's wife	Caim	Arasaig.
133	OIGHRIG MACIAIN 7	Crofter's wife	Locheuphort	North Uist.
135, 159, 188	FIONNAGHAL MACLEOD 8	Cottar	Clachan-reamhar	South Uist.
136	MARY MACVUIRICH	Crofter's wife	S. Lochboisdale	South Uist.
138	AONAS MACVUIRICH	Crofter	S. Lochboisdale	South Uist.
140	BARBARA MACDONALD	Crofter's wife	Culburnie	Aird, Beauly.
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141, 142, 193	ISEBEAL CHISHOLM 9	Tinker	Lochmaddy 10	North Uist.
144, 145	MAIREAD MACKINTOSH	Tailor's wife	South Boisdale	South Uist.
147	AODH MACINTYRE	Crofter	Isl. of Eirisgey	South Uist.
148	ANN CAMPBELL 11
149	MOR MACPHIE	Crofter's daughter	Baile-gharbhath	South Uist.
150	RAONAID STEWART	Cottar	Isl. of Bailesear	North Uist.
153	MOR MACLELLAN	Crofter's wife	South Boisdale	South Uist.
155	PEIGIDH MACLEAN	Cottar	Trumsgearry	North Uist.
156	NIC-AL-DOMHNAICH	Cottar	Bail-a-phuill	Tiree.
158	MARY MACKINNON	Shepherd's wife	Isl. of Sanntrey	Barra.
161	MAIRIREAD MORRISON	Cottar	Moor of Grimnis	Benbecula.
162	GORMUL MACKINNON (?) 12	Servant woman	Lochmaddy	North Uist.
166	ANN MACPHIE	Crofter's daughter	Carnan	South Uist.
167	SLAINE; WIFE OF	Shepherd	Isl. of Vattersey	Barra.
168	CIORSDAI MACLEOD 13	Cottar	Island of St Kilda.

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Poem.	Name.	Occupation.	Residence.	District.
169	NEILL MACDONALD	Mason	Tolarum	Benbecula.
170	MAIRIREAD MACPHERSON	Shepherd's wife	Isl. of Fuidhey	Benbecula.
171	TORMAD MACPHAIRC	Cottar	Isl. of Bearnarey	Harris.
172, 173, 175	CAIRISTINE MACVICAR 1	Cottar	Moor of Aird	Benbecula.
174	MARY STEWART	Crofter's wife	Isl. of Grimisey	North Uist.
176	MOR MACCUINN	Cottar	Isl. of Tarransey	Harris.
177	BORGACH MACLEOD	Servant-maid	Isl. of Eithisey	Harris.
178	JOHN BEATON 2	Shepherd	Aird nan laogh	South Uist.
179	AONAS MACLEOD	Gamekeeper	Ceann Reusart	Lewis.
180	RANALD MACPHIE	Blacksmith	Iochdar	South Uist.
181	DONALD JOHN MACKENZIE	Gamekeeper	Abhuinn-suidhe	Harris.
182	DONALD MACPHIE 3	Crofter	Carnan	South Uist.
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184	DONALD MACCOLL 5	Foxhunter	Glencrearan	Appin.
190	GILLEASPUIG MACVUIRICH	Crofter	S. Lochboisdale	South Uist.
191	MARY MACLELLAN	Crofter's wife	South Haccleit	Benbecula.
192	EOIN MACDONALD 6	Tailor	Gearrynamoine	South Uist.
194	CATRINE MACKINTOSH 7	Cottar	Bailanloch	North Uist.
195	MALCOLM MACMILLAN	Crofter	Grimnis	Benbecula.
196	MARY MACDONALD	Crofter's daughter	Miunghlaidh	Barra.
197	OIGHRIG MACCRIOMTHAIN 8	Cottar	Island of St Kilda.
198	ANN MACVUIRICH	Crofter's daughter	Iochdar	South Uist.
199	JOHN CANE 9	Roadman	Corstorphine	Edinburgh.
200	MAIRIREAD MACLEOD	Crofter's wife	South Haccleit	Benbecula.
203	CEIT MACINNES	Cottar	Creag	Arasaig.
204	EACHUN MACPHIE	Crofter	Eilean Cuithe nam fiadh	South Uist.
205, 212, 213	MALCOLM MACLELLAN	Crofter	Grimnis	Benbecula.
206	ISEBEAL MACGRIGOR	Cottar	Bailegarbh	Lismore.
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208	AONAS IAIN MACRURY	Calf-herd	Scolpaig	North Uist.
209	MOR MACKAY 10	Cottar	Isl. of Heisgeir nan Cailleach	North Uist.
210	ANNIE MACKAY	Crofter's daughter	Melness	Sutherland.
211	JOHN EOGHAN MACRURY 11	Farmer	Grimnis	Benbecula.
214	PEIGIDH MACAULAY 12	Crofter's wife	Houghmor	South Uist.
215	ALEXANDER MACNEILL 13	Fish salter	Ceanntangaval	Barra.
216	JOHN STEWART 14	Merchant	Bachuill	Lismore.

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Footnotes

374:1 From Kintail.

374:2 From Harris.

374:3 The lighthouse stands where of old the monastery stood.

374:4 Née Morrison--from S. Uist.

374:5 The Camerons came to Barra as 'leine-chneis,' with Jane, daughter of Cameron of Fassifearn, and sister to Colonel John Cameron, of whom Scott, Byron, and others have sung in undying verse.

374:6 Her people came from Morar.

374:7 Had been gamekeeper in Lochaber, and had been an eminently handsome man and a powerful athlete.

374:8 Née Kennedy, Lianachan.

374:9 Gilladhamhnain--Adamnan--a frequent name in the family of the Macneills of Barra, to whom this fine man was of near descent.

374:10 She possessed much occult lore.

374:11 Rendered Currie.

374:12 Née Ferguson--a woman of much natural intelligence, with a good knowledge of botany.

374:13 Née Mackinnon--from Skye.

374:14 Née Macvuirich--descended from the famous Macvuirichs, hereditary poets and historians to the Clanranalds.

374:15 Had many beautiful old hymns taught him when young by his father.

374:16 Née Maclellan.

374:17 A famous story-teller and ballad-reciter with whom died much old lore.

374:18 She had an immense amount of old lore, runes, and stories of great literary interest.

374:19 Several volumes of old lore, mostly heroic tales, died with this nice, intelligent man.

374:20 Her people were noted old-lorists. Her uncle, Ruaraidh Ruadh Maccuithean, was story-teller to Lord Macdonald, from whom he had free lands for his services.

376:1 Had many beautiful old hymns, all of which, save this, died with him.

376:2 He had much religious and mythological lore of great interest.

376:3 Rendered Johnson--descended from Ranald MacIain who escaped from the massacre of Glencoe. This extremely interesting man was empowered to administer baptism and perform other rites of the Church in cases of necessity and in the absence of the priest. The patronymic of the MacDonalds of Glencoe was MacIain.

376:4 This intelligent man dictated to me the names of thirty-seven consecutive generations of the Macneills of Barra.

376:5 Née Ross--from Skye.

376:6 Evicted from Killdonnan, Sutherland.

376:7 Aged 101.

376:8 Née Beaton.

376:9 Mr Campbell of Islay said that this noble-minded man resembled, when speaking, the celebrated French preacher, Mirabeau.

376:10 Née Macdonald.

376:11 Née Macdonald.

376:12 Née Pearson--a remarkable genealogist.

376:13 From Skye--she knew many occult runes and occult arts.

376:14 Née Macneill.

378:1 Native of Small Isles; home from Canada.

378:2 A famous reciter and story-teller, with whom many tales and ballads died. Upon one occasion, after teaching him the Catechism to be taught to others, the genial Father James Macgrigor said: 'Thugamaid a nis treis air Oisean, a Dhomhuill.' 'M’anamsa Dhia is e b’annsa leinn!'--'Let us now give a while at Ossian, Donald.' 'Upon my soul, O God, but that were preferable to us,' said Donald, drawing a long sigh of relief.

378:3 Much traditional lore of great excellence died with this highly intelligent lorist.

378:4 He made a large collection of valuable old lore, but lent and never recovered the manuscripts.

378:5 Had much topographical lore of great interest and value.

378:6 He very kindly showed me the rites for curing the sprain and the red pleura and for counteracting the evil eye.

378:7 Oighrig Maciain was lineally descended from Alexander Maciain (MacDonald), the massacred chief of Glencoe.

378:8 Her people came from Lewis. She was full of occult lore and old beliefs of many kinds.

378:9 She knew innumerable incantations and incantation formulae of great interest.

378:10 Temporarily.

378:11 Copied from an old manuscript by the Rev. Angus Macdonald, Killearnan.

378:12 From Skye.

378:13 She had much lore about the 'sluagh,' hosts, the fairies, and the second sight, which she told realistically.

380:1 She was full of plant lore and plant beliefs.

380:2 From Skye. A born botanist and an extremely interesting man--descended from the famous physicians.

380:3 A famous story-teller from whom volumes of folklore could have been filled.

380:4 Taken down from an old man, name omitted, by the Rev. John G. Campbell, Tiree.

380:5 He had innumerable interesting and instructive stories about foxes and other wild animals, among which he had lived most of his long life of nearly one hundred years.

380:6 He had many interesting stories of birds and of bird-lore.

380:7 She had many curious stories of 'frithean agus frithirean,' auguries and augurers, and of the 'da shealladh,' two-sights--stories that would have interested psychologists.

380:8 She had some beautiful St Kilda songs, but the people of St Kilda deprecated all secular music, poetry, and old lore.

380:9 From Derry.

380:10 Her isolated little cot stood among the green grassy mounds of the ruined nunnery.

380:11 A highly intelligent man, for whose knowledge of old lore I am greatly indebted in this work.

380:12 Née Robertson--a bright, beautiful woman, who possessed many beautiful songs and airs, which died with her.

380:13 Mr Iain Campbell of Islay and, for him, the distinguished scholar Mr Hector Maclean, Islay, took down many tales from this reciter. I wrote down many more, but all three of us made little impression upon the old man's abundant lore. I noted from him the names and characters of several score of long heroic tales, any or all of which he was ready to dictate to me. Amongst them was a very long, complete, and wondrously fine version of Deirdire. Alexander Macneill said that the version of this tale which I had already taken down from his brother lain Donn was only a fragment. Yet this fragment of the story of Deirdire has been pronounced by critics equal to any ancient or modern classic.

380:14 I am indebted to Mr Stewart for much valuable information regarding Lismore--still an island of much interest, and anciently of much importance.

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