Shorter church today. 40 min sermon, visitor. Muffin, potatoes, lentil soup. Full. Egg for tea. The girls over tonight, played with them. Finished packing for Uist. Wearing [unclear] how long. [I...

50p loaf of bread

Boring day. Evening[?] Insurance man brought gannet which C briefly mentioned before he left. £3.50 this year [for An's guga] (x5000 for 10 men). Mostly packed for Uist. Watched...

56p letters

Wrote Mom and Carol [sister]. Not much else, waited for gannets to come in [the guga boat]. Came in about 2:00, didn't know until 4:00, didn't get there untiln4:30. Too late. All sold...

This listing has been closed, but I still have these available if you are interested.

https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f110/canadian-scottish-cap-badges-98249/

I'd have to go dig them out...

You may want to consider contacting a weaver rather than a mill for a special weave as you are interested in. Peter MacDonald is on this forum, and might be able to direct you to someone you could...

Off to Storn[away] today preparing for the Uists. Letter from Mom. Went w/ F, CT. Met An in town. Was told I wouldn't be left and was. Waited til 4:50 then walked past Laxdale and caught a ride to...

Seriously trying for Gaelic today.

https://postimg.cc/f3QSd7Fx
Cross toward Butt from Cnoc Fianal

https://postimg.cc/qz9NfXp9
North Dell, Traigh Crois, Alastair, Anna, School
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Missed bank today [the bank came around in a van just like the grocery van]. Went to shore to beachcomb but need NW or N wind to blow on shore [probably Traigh Shandaidhor Traigh Crois]. Drained...

£1.75 map

Morning to Stornoway. Didn't feel well all day. Checked skirts [for my sisters]. Perhaps Erisort w/ skirts £40. No maps available [for the ] Uists. Perhaps go to Uists 6 days? Also K in...

I have been thinking about what you have said here. Without a doubt my experience would have been very different if I had had the opportunity to stay in a community on the mainland. It was mere...

PassingW wins...

bragging points.:lol:

And I do need to get back to making entries. I started when I had time on my hands due to a serious health issue. "I got better." (How long will it take to identify that simple quote?). So I find...

:D Well, sort of! But also, no. Part of the reason I wanted to stay out there was to see what living in Scotland was like in reality. Not the "Tartan Twilight Tourist Tat" world. Real living isn't...

Church morning. Sermon 1 hour in Gaelic. Took bath. Went walk with D, strained? Met Dandaidh, Donald Maclean at shore. Also other boys 17-20? all Gaelic. Donald very Ness accent. Too late for church...

Cn butchered carcass (sheep) brought back from Bernera this morning. It was soft and hard to cut. Judicious use of hatchet and saw. Afternoon not much but some fishing facing North Sea [North...

Not much morning. Cn (Downstairs) put stacks of hay into bailer and An and I helped move them to barn, then shifted some sheep.

Concur. Consider a button down short sleeve shirt or a polo/golf shirt with a collar. As Jock Scot says, tattersall is traditional, and a good way to think. But I understand... Hawaii. Long sleeves...

Not much today. Fank for dipping in morning. Didn't go, felt I would be in way. Evening Bernera. Fixed fence, chased sheep out of lot, watched Iain Tom and dog chase sheep, and helped him get them...

20 August Saturday
Day to self. Mostly read and watch little TV. An and C to Bernera for funeral. Up on moor to peat hags.

21 August Sunday
55 minute sermon in Gaelic. 50 in English. To shore...

[While working on Gaelic over here, I kept running into the word "fank". I had no idea what it meant, and could find no English translation that wasn't "fank". So I kept my mouth shut and went to...

This thread got me to go dig my cloth hose out as an example. I made these about the same time as OCR, late '70s and from the same pattern. (And was pleasantly surprised I could still get them on :)...

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Went to Stornoway to meet Steve of Carrickfergus who's driving [? unclear] for A at K's. Rode in lorry to pick up stuff Bernera and back. To Ness, sprayed turnips, went to fank. S Dell a lot of...

The second painting appears to show a seam down the back of the left leg. It may even be modified to be decorative.

The painting John Michael Wright's portrait of Lord Mungo Murray about 1680 seems to show a seam on the back of his right leg. While it could be a knitted seam, it is more likely a seam in cut cloth....

Rode bike to below South Dell, walked over moor to beach. Walked a mile or so of beach w/ high surf, rocks and sand beach. One cave sand 20-30 feet deep. Other with water [I really don't know what I...