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John the Bank is 3/4 as well (depends on which site you're looking at). Hesketh's book has a good image. The coat skirts are old enough style that the sporran is mostly covered.
figheadair is...
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John "The Bank" Campbell by William Mosman, 1759
https://www.natwestgroup.com/heritage/history-100/objects-by-theme/our-public-face/cashiers-portrait-1759.html
The painting was not on display...
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Some of you may have heard of the Lewis phone book put together by the people there. It is (or was) divided up into towns. It covered from Ness to Shader. It had the phone number and address then the...
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Hey Patty! Sorry for the delay. Yes, PM me. Dale
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Anna once told me that Gaelic speakers from other places made fun of Leodhasachs because they..have..to stop..and..take.a..breath.. between.. every..word. (And if you read that with just the...
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£2.30 hostel
https://postimg.cc/vDL4GfMT
North Uist, Harris background (morning)
Benbecula Sept 12 Monday Irish/Scotish Evening £1.25 (Mairi Ni'Ghrada) [this was from a poster advertising an...
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£4.30
£1.75 map
33p lunch
34p tea
£2.30
Caught ride (South Dell) w/ Newspaper delivery man from Swainbost to roundabout Stornoway. Then a Lochs man driving to Cameron Terrace, Leurbost. Then...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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27th January 24, 12:50 PM
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...
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19th January 24, 05:40 AM
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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16th January 24, 07:28 AM
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...
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15th January 24, 05:09 AM
£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...
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14th January 24, 09:16 AM
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...
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10th January 24, 10:50 AM
PassingW wins...
bragging points.:lol:
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10th January 24, 05:05 AM
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...
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: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...
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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...
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13th December 23, 05:18 AM
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...
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13th December 23, 05:17 AM
Not much morning. Cn (Downstairs) put stacks of hay into bailer and An and I helped move them to barn, then shifted some sheep.
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15th November 23, 05:21 AM
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...
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