The notebook, watermarked 1833, is anonymously written from both ends. End ‘A’, paginated 1-121, consists of knitting and crochet patterns based on Gaugain, ‘The knitter’s friend’. Includes ‘The McDonald pattern’ (page 113).

End ‘B’ is paginated 1-63, but pages 9-34 have been cut out. Pages 1-55 are in the same hand as end ‘A’, and are catalogued below. Pages 56-63 are in a later hand and contain knitting patterns and recipes.

The contents are as follows.

End ‘B’.

(i) Flora MacDonald. “Tha rùn mo crì dhuit Thearlich oig”, 2 quatrains + chorus. ‘Shuibhail a Ri’ (page 1);

(ii) ‘Thearlaich oig a laoidh mo cheile’, 5 quatrains (middle of page 2);

(iii) ‘Cha till cha till cha till mi tuille’, 7 quatrains. MacCrimmon’s Farewell and Lament (page 4);

(iv) “Gu ma slan a chì mi mo chailin dileas donn”, 3 stanzas. Cf. Mackenzie, ‘Sar-Obair nam Bard Gaelach’, page 383 (page 7);

(Pages 9-34) missing.

(v) “Nach truagh leat mi ‘s mi ‘m priosan”, 8 stanzas. ‘Mali Bheag og’. Cf. Mackenzie, ‘Sar-Obair nam Bard Gaelach’, page 367 (page 35);

(vi) [Alexander MacDonald]. ‘A Mhorag chiatach a chuil dualaich’, 12 lines + chorus. Cf. Mackenzie, ‘Sar-Obair nam Bard Gaelach’, page 120 (page 39);

(vii) [Alexander MacDonald]. “B’fhearr am breacan uallach”, 3 quatrains + chorus. Cf. Mackenzie, ‘Sar-Obair nam Bard Gaelach’, page 129 (page 40);

(viii) Rob Donn. ‘Labhair i gu h-ailleasach’, 12 lines. ‘3d verse’ (folio 41);

(ix) ‘O Iain Gleanncuaich’, 3 stanzas (page 42);

(x) ‘Do shuilean mar na dearcagan’, 3 quatrains + chorus (folio 44);

(xi) “B’iad mo ghradh na cuirp gheala”, 3 stanzas. On massacre of Glencoe (middle of page 45);

(xii) James Montgomery. What bird in beauty flight or song, 44 lines. “On the anniversary of Robert Burns’ birthday”. Continued at page 54 (middle of page 47);

(xiii) ‘Directions for preserving Sea-weeds’ (page 48).