Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition. Argyllshire Series. No. V: Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands and Islands
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Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands and Islands
CONTENTS.
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
CLAN TRADITIONS.
MACLEANS OF DOWART.
DEATH OF BIG LACHLAN MACLEAN, CHIEF OF DUART.
MACLEANS OF COLL.
BROWNS OF TIREE.
THE STORY OF MAC-AN-UIDHIR.
STEEPING THE WITHIES.
LITTLE JOHN OF THE WHITE BAG.
THE KILLING OF BIG ANGUS OF ARDNAMURCHAN.
THE LAST CATTLE RAID IN TIREE.
LOCHBUIE’S TWO HERDSMEN.
MAC NEIL OF BARRA, AND THE LOCHLINNERS.
FINLAY GUIVNAC.
BIG DEWAR OF BALEMARTIN, TIREE.
THE BIG LAD OF DERVAIG.
STORY OF DONALD GORM OF SLEAT.
DONALD GORM IN MOIDART.
THE BLACK RAVEN OF GLENGARRY.
CAILLEACH POINT OR THE OLD WIFES HEADLAND.
A TRADITION OF ISLAY.
FAIR LACHLAN, SON OF FAIR NEIL OF DERVAIG.
LEGENDARY HISTORY.
PRINCESS THYRA OF ULSTER AND HER LOVERS.
GARLATHA. A TRADITION OF HARRIS.
STORIES ABOUT THE FAIRIES.
THE TRADITION OF A HOUSEWIFE AND HER FAIRY VISITOR.
THE WISE WOMAN OF DUNTULM AND THE FAIRIES.
FOLK TALES.
THE TWO BROTHERS.
THE TWO SISTERS AND THE CURSE.
THE DARK, OR PITCH-PINE, DAUGHTER OF THE NORSE KING.
HOW O’NEIL’S HAIR WAS MADE TO GROW.
BEAST FABLES.
THE WOLF AND THE FOX.
THE FOX AND THE BIRD.
THE WREN.
THE CAT AND THE MOUSE.
GAMES.
APPENDIX.
I.—FINLAY GUIVNAC.
II.—PORT-NAN-LONG.
III.—A TRADITION OF MORAR.
IV.—CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN J. F. CAMPBELL OF ISLAY AND J. G. CAMPBELL.
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