Oidhche Challainn or Hogmanay tended to be an occasion celebrated by groups of boys. Hallowe’en ( Oidhche Shamhna ) and All Saints’ Day ( L...

Alexander Carmichael’s Carmina Gadelica is one of the principal sources for information about the bean-tuiream : the mourning woman or profe...

Last weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to give a paper to the Appin Historical Society on behalf of the Carmichael Watson Project. Th...

The Carmichael Watson Project is currently recruiting for a Research Assistant for Phase IV, which is being funded by the Leverhulme Trust. ...

Last week we were happy to see the return of Carmichael Watson documents which had been enjoying some tlc in the Conservation Department. Ov...

Eilean Donan Castle From whom Alexander Carmichael got this snippet of information concerning St Donan’s House, South Uist, is not now...

Corunna (A Coruña), Galicia, Spain Fairy lore looms fairly large in any collection of folklore and Alexander Carmichael’s extensive ar...