Just for Lent: a blog about the ‘Glutton’s Song’ (‘Cruachan Ben as crowdie, Loch Awe cream …’) recorded by Alexander Carmichael from Donald ...

Alexander Carmichael was by no means the only Gaelic speaker collecting and publishing charms at the end of the nineteenth century. In the ...

Here is Alexander Carmichael describing the genre of protective charm or seun in Carmina Gadelica ii, 26 : ‘Sian’ or ‘seun is occult age...

For this issue, we would like to welcome as guest blogger Dr Jake King of Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba, who as part of his work has been busy res...

As muime Dhè or the fostermother of Christ, St Bride or Bridget was and is a firm favourite saint of Gaels in both Ireland and Scotland ....

In the last blog we investigated Alexander Carmichael’s apparently one-off visit to the Island of Gigha on 9 June 1887, during his journey b...