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Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland / Collected Entirely from Oral Sources

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A collection of oral traditions from the Scottish Highlands and Islands, recorded and arranged thematically to present popular beliefs about fairies, changelings, banshees, tutelary beings, witchcraft, and related customs. The material combines narrative tales and descriptive entries that show regional variants, accounts of sightings and interactions, and practical measures for protection or repair. Gaelic expressions are translated with emphasis on literal meaning and authentic usage, and the compiler relied solely on spoken testimony gathered across multiple districts to preserve the vernacular form of these folk beliefs.

Superstitions

of the

Highlands & Islands of Scotland

Collected entirely from Oral Sources

By
John Gregorson Campbell
Minister of Tiree

Glasgow
James MacLehose and Sons
Publishers to the University
1900


GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO.