Book `A Highland Chapbook` by Isabel Cameron.
Folk literature of the Highlands, including chapters on Douglas Graham, Folk Words and sayings, (Gaelic and Scots) charms, omens, witches and warlocks, magic, shape shifting, the Brotherhood of the Horseman`s word, water kelpies and religion.
| Tags: dialect and cant , magic and witchcraft in general , prediction divination and omens , shape shifting and flying , trooping fairies the sluagh sea fairies | | Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: book | Book `Eigg – the Story of an Island` by Camille Dressler.
The story of Eigg and its inhabitants from earliest times to the present day, using written accounts, oral history, legends, song, and photographs. Covers crofting, clearances, clan battles, famine and changing landscapes until the community buy-out in June 1997.
| Tags: canada , crofters and crofting , crofters commission , emigration , employment , land tenure , local conflicts with authority , religious foundations and conflicts , the community | | Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: book | Photocopy of newspaper article & photos `Project aims to turn tide for marine harvest`.
The history of harvesting seaweed up to the present day in the Western Isles and Orkney .
| Tags: chemical work , food , kelp , seaweed | | Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: newsprint | Printout from Flora Celtica website: `A Brief History of Scottish Seaweed Use`
Earliest uses, soda potash & iodine in the 17th – 20th centuries, alginates in the 20th century, the current state of the industry.
| Tags: chemical work , food , livestock , seaweed | | Dates: 1000s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 2000s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: miscellaneous | | People: Stanford, Mr Edward C. Cortis, Tiree (1837 - 1899) | Words to audio cassette (AC187) `Sidewaulk` by Capercaillie.
Lyrics to Capercaillie`s songs, including waulking songs and mouth music.
| Tags: gaelic , other instruments groups and bands | | Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 2000s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: composition | Printout from Flora Celtica website: `Seaweed as a fertiliser`
Historical and current uses of seaweed in farming and gardening, including practical tips.
| Tags: cultivation , seaweed | | Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 2000s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: miscellaneous | Audio cassette `Crosswinds` & `Sidewaulk` by Capercaillie.
Recordings of two albums by Capercaillie, including songs in Gaelic and English.
| Tags: gaelic , other instruments groups and bands | | Dates: 0s , 1000s , 100s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 1500s , 1600s , 1700s , 1800s , 1900s , 2000s , 200s , 300s , 400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Object Types: audio recording | Photocopied extract from `Orkneyinga Saga` edited by Joseph Anderson.
Preface (pp 1, 4-7), map of `Skotland`, Introduction: King Magnus ravages the Hebrides including Tiree in 1097 (pp34-35), Chapter 60: How Swein, Asleif`s son, came to stay with Holdbodi in Tiree (1page).
Nine Transcripts of Feis lecture `Columba`s Other Island?` given by Prof. Donald Meek in 1997.
St. Columba and early Christianity in Tiree.
| Tags: balephetrish , chapels , gott , kennavara , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol , religious foundations and conflicts , soroby , special terms , st columba | | Dates: 1000s , 1100s , 1200s , 1300s , 1400s , 500s , 600s , 700s , 800s , 900s | | Townships: balephetrish , gott , kilkenneth , kilmoluaig , kirkapol | | Object Types: composition | | People: Meek, Professor Donald, Caoles |