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Evil eye in the western Highlands

Chapter 1: Transcriber’s Notes
By Robert Craig Maclagan
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A folkloric and anthropological study examines belief in the evil eye among Gaelic-speaking Highland communities, attributing it to natural jealousy and covetousness while noting how Christian teaching has shaped its expression. The author collects oral testimony and Gaelic examples that describe symptoms, social repercussions, and effects attributed to the glance, and provides extensive documentation of charms, preventive measures, diagnostic rites, cures, and theories of transmission alongside discussion of local variants and practice.

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Title: Evil eye in the western Highlands

Author: Robert Craig Maclagan

Release date: March 3, 2023 [eBook #70196]

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: David Nutt, 1902

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Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised except in the Gaelic passages, but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

EVIL EYE
IN THE
WESTERN HIGHLANDS

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE GAMES AND DIVERSIONS OF
ARGYLESHIRE. Demy 8vo, viii.-270 pp.,
cloth, uncut, 10s. 6d. net.

This volume forms No. 47 of the Publications
of the Folk-Lore Society.