Proverbs.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to short, concise sayings repeated colloquially expressing a general truth or observation about human life or behavior, often embodying the folk wisdom of a group or nation. Distinguished from ""aphorisms"" which are statements of principle or precepts, often of known authorship.
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson concerning Perthshire proverbs, Scots-Celtic words in Burns, Strathtay loanwords, Sutherland Gaelic, with some phonetic notes., [Before 1928.]
File
Identifier: MS.433
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
“An exceptionally accurate and accomplished Gaelic scholar and phonetician, [Charles Robertson] was also for over thirty years a diligent collector of facts relating to Gaelic philology and topography, and — to a less extent — of folk-lore. Much of his work on Gaelic phonetics and dialects has been published in the ‘Celtic Review’ and elsewhere.” (‘Scotsman’, 6 August 1928.)The collection is composed chiefly of notebooks, bound or loose-leaf. Some have many blank pages; only the...
Dates:
[Before 1928.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers concerning Gaelic philology and Highland topography, folk-lore, etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson (died 1927), Minister of the United Free Church, Kilchoman, Islay.
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Papers concerning dialects and phonetics compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.
Papers of the Reverend Dr Duncan M Campbell, Minister of Cumlodden., Circa 1878-1912, 1927, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 5(1-6)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.
Dates:
Circa 1878-1912, 1927, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Reverend William Matheson.
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Collections of 18th-20th century papers acquired by Reverend William Matheson.
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Box of Reverend William Matheson, containing papers of Reverend Dr Duncan M Campbell and collections of Gaelic songs and verse.
Papers of the Rymour Club, Edinburgh, which existed from 1903 to 1947, its object being the collection of Scottish ballads, popular rhymes, proverbs, and the like.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3760-3770
Dates:
1903-1947.
Poems and other items of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James IV., Late 16th century-first quarter of 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2063
Scope and Contents
Contains poems, impresas, anagrams, proverbs, corrections and emendations of the ‘Basilikon doron’ (folio 121), and drafts and copies of official letters (folios 235-236).
On folio iii is a note by Sir William Drummond, the poet's son, 'Papers of Secratarie Fowllers, all his owen hand writt, preserved as they ar by my father ... 1703'.
Dates:
Late 16th century-first quarter of 17th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Hawthornden Manuscripts: original papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
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Manuscripts of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
‘Some notes on Highland superstition’, Gaelic proverbs, etc., [Before 1928.]
File
Identifier: MS.467
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
“An exceptionally accurate and accomplished Gaelic scholar and phonetician, [Charles Robertson] was also for over thirty years a diligent collector of facts relating to Gaelic philology and topography, and — to a less extent — of folk-lore. Much of his work on Gaelic phonetics and dialects has been published in the ‘Celtic Review’ and elsewhere.” (‘Scotsman’, 6 August 1928.)The collection is composed chiefly of notebooks, bound or loose-leaf. Some have many blank pages; only the...
Dates:
[Before 1928.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Papers concerning Gaelic philology and Highland topography, folk-lore, etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson (died 1927), Minister of the United Free Church, Kilchoman, Islay.
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Papers concerning folklore, traditions etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.