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Funeral Customs
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Funeral Customs
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Another Glimpse of the Professional Weeper
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Alexander Carmichael’s Carmina Gadelica is one of the principal sources for information about the bean-tuiream : the mourning woman or profe...
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Bean-Tuiream: A Professional Weeper
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A rather intriguing as well as an important tradition noted down by Alexander Carmichael probably came by way of a Uist reciter. This short ...
Monday, 15 November 2010
Carmichaels and the Stewarts of Appin
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When Alexander Carmichael visited his native island of Lismore he would take the opportunity to write down snippets of information about his...
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
The First Earl of Seaforth’s Funeral
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An entry made by Alexander Carmichael concerns the funeral ‘celebration’ of Cailean Ruadh MacKenzie (1596/7–1633), the 1st Earl of Seaforth....
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