Selkirk Grace Box in GaelicGairloch Museum This decorative wooden board has been inscribed with a Gaelic translation of the words of the Selkirk Grace, usually attributed to Scottish Bard Robert Burns: Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want...
Shroud and StockingsGairloch Museum Many people kept a shroud at home in case it was unexpectedly required for a death at a time when orders took many days to arrive in Gairloch. It shows the importance to a family of wanting to do right by the departed. This example,...
Cushion Cover by Kay Matheson Gairloch Museum This delicate cushion cover was embroidered with a Celtic knotwork design by Kay Matheson. Matheson (1928 – 2013) was a well-known Scottish nationalist and Gaelic language lobbyist, born on the shores of Loch Ewe to a...
Egg Preserver Gairloch Museum This ordinary galvanised bucket had an important culinary use. With a wire basket and tongs, it was actually used for ‘water glassing’ eggs. Eggs would be submerged in a pickling lime solution. This solution is made by heating limestone...
Cream Skimmer Gairloch Museum This wonderful kitchen device for skimming the cream from milk has been fashioned from a scallop shell drilled with holes. It shows an inventive use of natural materials and would have been used for making butter and crowdie cheese. ...
