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A systematic collection of Highland oral traditions, superstitions, and seasonal entertainments, describing beliefs about fairies, ghosts, household spirits, charms, omens, and folklore, and documenting dances, games, songs, and communal winter pastimes. The author records variants, local customs, and explanatory remarks, situating these practices within changing social conditions and arguing for preserving them before they fade under increased external influence. The work combines first-hand testimonies, language notes, and commentary to present an ethnographic portrait of rural Highland popular culture.
THE
HIGHLAND SUPERSTITIONS.
“The gleaming path of the steel winds through the gloomy ghost. The form fell shapeless into air, like a column of smoke which the staff of the boy disturbs as it rises from the half-extinguished furnace.”
Ossian.