There are numerous accounts of plant lore noted in Carmina Gadelica and within the notebooks at the Centre for Research Collections,...

Beltane is an important day in the Celtic calendar that marks the beginning of summer, and the day is still widely celebrated. Fire was, and...

The cruisie lamp was the common form of lighting found in the homes of the islands and along the coasts until the introduction of paraffin l...

A child losing a tooth is one of life's milestones and along with it comes the tradition of the tooth fairy. In  Carmina Gadelica , Al...

ook Week Scotland continues with two entries about one woman from Carmina Gadelica. These demonstrate well the personal details which Al...

Book Week Scotland  takes place this week, so we thought we'd mark it with excerpts from the extraordinary creation that is Carmina Gade...

The production of wool was an important craft in the Highlands and Islands in the 19th and 20th centuries. In the Carmichael notebooks th...