Photocopied extract of a Gaelic story contributed by Rev John Gregorson Campbell.
Gaelic story with English translation.
2000.219.2
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2000.217.1
Audio cassette recording of Jean MacCallum, Balevullin talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
Jean MacCallum of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about the people she knew as a child, including Nurse MacDonald, her friends and family and what she got up to, her schooling, her love of working outside with animals, meeting her mother and half-brothers and -sisters and of eventually meeting her sister, the people in Balevullin, the shops and the butcher’s, wartime rations and being sent back to Glasgow but returning to Tiree.
2000.217.2
Audio cassette recording of Jean MacCallum, Balevullin talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
(Continued from AC238) Jean MacCallum of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about pilgrims preaching in Balevullin School and about going to church, the names and location of various rocks and cliffs near Balevullin, carrageen and fishing, how crofting now is not as close to nature, Easter and the different moons, potatoes and crops that used to be grown, natural fertilisers, the faster pace of life now, Cattle Shows, Clydesdale horses and knitting.
2000.219.1
Gaelic story `MacAidh agus Domhnall Mhic Chaluim` transcribed by Flora MacPhail from a sound recording by her husband Hector.
Gaelic story transcribed by Flora MacPhail from a sound recording by her husband Hector and told at the Dunoon Mod in 2000 by John Nagus MacKinnon of Kilmoluaig.
2004.1.4
Partially made harvest knots with instructions.
Partially made harvest knots with instructions from Lachie MacLean, Druimfhraoich on how to make them, recorded by John and Sarah Holliday. (Instructions in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2003.189.1
Audio cassette recording of Alasdair MacArthur, Balemartine recorded by himself.
Alasdair MacArthur (Alasdair Sheumais Alasdair) talks about the island of Tiree starting with the beauty of Happy Valley then going through the townships naming shops, hills, churches, harbours, shebeens, lochs and schools and describing the different views; Alasdair also recites two poems composed by himself, one called A’ fàgail Thiriodh and the other in memory of the people named on the War Memorial in Scarinish. Tha Alasdair Sheumais Alasdair a’ bruidhinn mu Eilean Thiriodh tòiseachadh le maise a’ Chlèit an sin a’ dol troimhe na bailtean ag ainmeachadh bùthan, beanntan, eaglaisean, puirt, ‘shebeens’, lochan agus sgoiltean agus toirt cunntas air na diofar sheallaidhean; tha Alasdair a’ gabhail dà rann a’ sgrìobh e fhèin, aon dhiubh A’ fàgail Thiriodh agus am fear eile mar chuimhneachan air na daoine a tha ainmichte air fas-charn a’ chogadh ann an Sgairinis.
2000.156.10
Paperback book `Fo Sgail a` Swastika` by Domhnall Iain MacDhomhnaill.
Account of the privations of the German prisoner of war camps in Gaelic and English, with 2 CDs of a reading by the author.
2000.159.4
Hardback book `Folk and Hero Tales from Argyllshire (Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition III. Argyllshire Series)` collected, edited and translated by Rev J. MacDougall.
Gaelic folk tales collected from the district of Duror by the Rev J. MacDougall.
2000.159.3
Hardback book `Folk and Hero Tales from Argyllshire (Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition II. Argyllshire Series)’ collected, edited and translated by Rev D. MacInnes, with a preface by Lord Archibald Campbell, Duke of Argyll.
Gaelic folk tales collected from shoemaker Archibald MacTavish, Donald MacLachlann and Neil Livingstone, all from Oban, and Donald MacGregor from Lismore.
2000.159.6
Hardback book `Clan Traditions and Popular Tales (Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition V. Argyllshire Series)` collected by Rev John Gregorson Campbell, 1895.
Includes several tales featuring Tiree, including ‘The Last Cattle Raid in Tiree’, from page 29 of the book, transcribed below.
The story of the last cattle raid on Tiree was collected by John Gregorson Campbell from local informants while he was serving as the island’s minister between 1861 and 1891. It was published in ‘Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands and Islands’ in 1895.
John Gregorson Campbell was recognised as one of the greatest authorities on Celtic folklore. His publisher, Alfred Nutt wrote, ‘In person, Campbell was tall and fair, with deep blue eyes full of life and vivacity. He was noted at once for the kindliness of his manner, and the shrewd causticity of his wit.’
An invalid for the last ten years of his life, he lived with his sister Mrs Jessie Wallace in Hynish. He died unmarried in 1891.