Booklet `Folklore from Coll` by Betty MacDougall, 1978
Small paper-bound booklet of folk tales from the Isle of Coll.
2014.9.2
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2013.161.1
Book `Càth anns a` Ghaoith` by Niall M Brownlie, 2013
Softback book of short stories in Gaelic, some from the oral tradition of Tiree and some fiction written by Niall Brownlie of Barrapol himself.
2013.111.1
Information about Sarah/Marion Campbell of Balephuil ca 1850
Emailed information, marriage certificate, photograph and printed extract from the 1851 Tiree census from Keith Dash`s website about the family history of John Campbell of Balephuil, his wife Mary Campbell (nee McMillan/Bell) and their daughter Sarah (Marion) Campbell MacRae, who was the gt gt grandmother of the donor. Mary Campbell was one of the women accused of being witches and causing the Balephuil fishing disaster of 1856. Photo accessioned separately.
2013.77.1
Book `The Carrying Stream Flows On`, 2013
Softback book celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of the School of Scottish Studies in Edinburgh, containing contributions by scholars at an international conference held in Shetland in 2011.
2013.53.3
Book “Piping Traditions of the Inner Isles” by Bridget Mackenzie, 2012
Softback book about piping lore that used to be handed down with the music to piping pupils. Covers the Inner Isles from Arran to Raasay (excluding Skye).
2012.32.1
Audio cassette recording of a radio interview with Niall Brownlie
Jimmy MacGregor (BBC Radio Scotland?) interviews Niall Brownlie, Barrapol, about Tiree prophets and witchcraft.
2012.29.1
Book “Sgeulachdan Gaidhealach” 1862
Hardback book of orally collected tales of the West Highlands in Gaelic and English. Published in 1862. Ornated green cover decorated with gold-embossed celtic knot-work.
2012.24.1
Book “Remembered Remedies” 2011
Softback book about the traditional uses of wild plants in Scotland.
2011.64.2
Extract from “The Scottish Historical Review” 1904
Extract from journal “The Scottish Historical Review”, 1904, entitled “On a Legend from the Island of Tiree” by RC Graham, about collections of stories of Highland Folk-lore, particularly by Rev. John Gregorson Campbell, Tiree.
2011.50.1
Book `Birds of Tiree and Coll`
Softback book `Birds of Tiree and Coll` detailing the past and present populations of birds recorded on Tiree and Coll. Includes sections on geography, birds & folklore and other wildlife.