Black and white photograph of Archie MacEachern and Donald MacLean.
Archie (Leipan) MacEachern and Donald MacLean, Ard Beg, outside the smiddy at Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg.
1997.172.5
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Township: cornaigbeg
1997.159.14
Black and white photograph of Archie MacDonald, Melness.
Archie MacDonald of Melness, Cornaigbeg at the 1921 Horse Show.
2002.138.11
Schedule for the Tiree Agricultural Show 2002.
Conditions of entry and schedule for the Tiree Agricultural Show held on 19/7/2002 at Whitehouse.
2000.9.3
Audio cassette recording of Lachie MacKinnon, Parkhouse, interviewed by Maggie Campbell on 18/1/2000.
Lachie MacKinnon talks to Maggie Campbell about the division of Balephetrish farm into crofts for the men returning from World War I and various other houses in the township, growing bulbs for sale, crofting today compared with when he was young and the changes in social behaviour.
2002.78.5
Newspaper cutting about George Campbell and Princess Anne.
Photograph of George Campbell, 3rd Officer on the `Stena Pacifica`, with Princess Anne in the Seaman`s Centre in Dubai. (Cutting stuck on to cardboard)
2001.115.1
Colour photograph of Cornaigbeg in the snow.
Cornaigbeg in the snow, December 2000.
2001.115.2
Colour photograph of snowman at Cornaigbeg.
Snowman in the garden of Cnoc a` Mhurain, Cornaigbeg in December 2000.
2001.115.3
Colour photograph of Eilidh Nijdam at Cornaigbeg.
Eilidh Nijdam in the garden of Cnoc a` Mhurain, Cornaigbeg in December 2000.
1997.156.6
Two men building a corn stack
Photograph of two men building a corn stack.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Campbell
The two men are building a corn stack or ‘mulan’ which will provide winter feeding for horses, cattle and hens and seed for spring sowing. In the background is a row of haystacks. Corn stacks were built with the heads of the sheaves to the centre so the finished stack contained a column of seed.
Four sheaves were placed upright in the centre with further sheaves added around the centre, working clockwise. The sheaves were always kept with the seed uppermost so any moisture would run away from it down the straw.
The diameter of the stack was carefully measured using a special rope, either six or seven fathoms long, marked with a knot at one end and a block at the other. The stack was re-measured every two rows to keep it straight. These traditional methods are still in use today by a few crofters on the island.
Black and white photograph of building a cornstack at Whitehouse.
The two men are building a corn stack which will provide winter feeding for horses, cattle and hens and seed for spring sowing. In the background is a row of haystacks. At harvest time, the cut corn would be bundled by hand into sheaves, six of which would be stood together to form stooks. When sufficiently dry, the stooks would be transported by horse and cart to the stackyard. Corn stacks were built with the heads of the sheaves to the centre so the finished stack contained a column of seed. These traditional methods are still in use today by a few crofters on the island.
2002.75.1
Newspaper cutting `Ceol nan Feis concert a sell out` with photocopy.
Artcile about Ceol nam Feis 2000 concert with photograph of Mairi Campbell, Caornaigbeg and her grandson John Campbell who sang solo at the concert.