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CA BI T-3 · Item · 1963

File consists of an audio recording; mentions first contact between Mi'kmaq and Gaelic settlers.

Brief biographical sketch of Hugh MacKenzie and his contributions to Cape-Bretoniana and Mr. MacKenzie is interviewed by Cathleen MacKinnon

Hugh MacKenzie: Early history of Christmas Island (N.S.), MacNeils vs. Mi'kmaq, Scottish Immigrants to C.B. Brought only bare essentials with them, Funiture and Clothing in the early days

Early method for making dye

Recipe for making soap

Faill iu faillin ho ro eile - Milling song

Recipe for making tea. Early settlers made tea from herbs and roots

Medical care - sick and elderly were cared for by relative and neighbors

His prayers were answered ... Anecdote

Difficulty getting food...

Mi'kmaw with scalping knife...

Dat's me father

Schools scholars in the days...

Asthma and sore throat cure

Superstitious practises

Meeting the red haired woman means bad luck for the rest of the day

The black cat superstition...

Discussion on second-sight

I feel a heavy weight on my back...

Second-sight story

Stop here a minute...something is going to happen right here

I saw my brother's funeral...

Hallowe'en customs/B. New Year with rhymes

Reiteach - matchmaking

Brief sketch of MacKenzie family...

The ship "Harmony"

The Scottish pioneers were ingenious

Oran and amadan bhoidheach...Song-lament tells of a man who mistakenly shoots his sweetheart

MacNeil Boating Songs (Kishmul Castle)

Gu bheil angille dubh-dhonn

Oran an t-saighdear - Soldier laments his second induction into the army

Tha mi fo lean dubh 's mi m'onair composed by Bard William Ross

Song lament

Tha mo glean air au Chieetan [SIC]

Tha mise fo mhulad 's an am...

Mary's Dream

O nach till thu ruinn a rithis...Jacobite song

Soraidh leibh 's oidhche mhath liebh

Thanks Hugh MacKenzie

CA BI G157 · Item · ca. 1965

Item is a collection of songs, and information regarding the songs, that were commonly sung in Christmas Island and surrounding communities. Most of the songs were composed in the area, but a few are Old Country songs.

Hugh Francis MacKenzie fonds
CA BI MG 6.23 · Fonds · 1905-1986

Fonds consists of papers that include:

b. Two copies of the history of the first settlers in Iona including MacKenzie's version of the story of their first encounter with the Mi'Kmaq ; a story in English and set in Christmas Island. Many cultural practices are discussed ; a speech addressed to The Nova Scotia and Canadian Associations of Social workers ; two songs in English.

MacKenzie, Hugh Francis
Joseph J. MacInnis fonds
CA BI MG 6.20 · Fonds · 1924-1939

Fonds consists of a large collection of Scottish music and Gaelic material. Papers include:

  1. Corresponding and subscription lists of the paper Mosgladh, 1928- 1931, including correspondence from the Scottish Catholic Society. Original, 2 cm. First report of St. Kentigern Ceilidh Club, 1924. Typescript, 4 pages.
  2. Handwritten copies of Gaelic Songbook by Vincent MacLellan, the Gesto Collection of Highland Music and other Scottish music. Original, 75 pages.
  3. Typewritten copies of Collection of Gaelic Proverbs by Donald MacIntosh, 1785. 47 pages. (See Item MG 6.20 3). Creating a New Scotland in Canada by Catherine MacKenzie. 7 pages. The brooch of Lorne by Hector MacDougall, 12 pages. Preface to The Skye Collection of Reels and Strathspeys, 4 pages.
  4. Printed material and clippings: “Clann na Gael ‘n Cogadh ‘s ‘n Sith”, 1918; clippings on Flora MacDonald, 1934; Folklore of the Hebrides, 1937; Gaelic School in Sydney, 1927; Scottish Catholic Society, New Waterford, 1927, Picture of members of “Celtic Ceilidh” radio program, 1934.
  5. Cumha for Joseph J. MacInnis, 1944 by Hugh MacKenzie.
  6. Part of a Gaelic prayer book. 1 cm (see Item MG 6.20 6)
MacInnis, Joseph J.