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(3.71) | 2 | The folklore of the Scottish Highlands is unique and very much alive. Dr Anne Ross is a Gaelic-speaking scholar and archaeologist who has lived and worked in crofting communities. This has enabled her to collect information at first hand and to assess the veracity of material already published. In this substantially revised edition of a classic work first published 30 years ago, she portrays the beliefs and customs of Scottish Gaelic society, including: seasonal customs deriving from Celtic festivals; the famous waulking songs; the Highland tradition of seers and second sight; omens and taboos, both good and bad; and, chilling experiences of witchcraft and the Evil Eye Rituals associated with birth and death. Having taken her MA, MA Hons and PhD at the University of Edinburgh, Anne Ross became Research Fellow in the School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh. She then rapidly established herself as one of Britain's leading Celtic scholars. Her seminal work is "Pagan Celtic Britain" and she has also published "Druids - Preachers of Immortality" with Tempus Publishing.… (more) |
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'For Berenice' ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif) | |
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In 1871 Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Louise, married John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, heir to the 8th Duke of Argyll, and 'Wasna' the Queen a proud woman!', commented Punch. (Foreword) ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif) Two boys, whose birth beyond all question springs
From great and glorious, tho' forgotten kings,
Shepherds of Scottish lineage, born and bred
On the same bleak and barren mountain's head,
Jockey with mickle art, could on the bagpipes play,
E'en from the rising to the setting day;
Sawney as long without remorse could bawl
HOME's madrigals and ditties from FINGAL.
In these lines from his Prophecy of Famine, the strongly anti-Scottish priest-poet, Charles Churchill, writing from his living under the shadow of another Celtic stronghold, South Cadbury in Somerset, showed a subtle knowledge and appreciation of an ancient tradition, the rich heritage of Gaelic Scotland. (Introduction) ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif) | |
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Rather than lament the rich treasure-house of lore and legend that has been irretrievably lost down the centuries, we should be deeply grateful at the amount of invaluable oral material that has been saved for posterity by the tireless labours and utter devotion of dedicated collectors, past and present. (Epilogue) (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif) | |
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None ▾Book descriptions The folklore of the Scottish Highlands is unique and very much alive. Dr Anne Ross is a Gaelic-speaking scholar and archaeologist who has lived and worked in crofting communities. This has enabled her to collect information at first hand and to assess the veracity of material already published. In this substantially revised edition of a classic work first published 30 years ago, she portrays the beliefs and customs of Scottish Gaelic society, including: seasonal customs deriving from Celtic festivals; the famous waulking songs; the Highland tradition of seers and second sight; omens and taboos, both good and bad; and, chilling experiences of witchcraft and the Evil Eye Rituals associated with birth and death. Having taken her MA, MA Hons and PhD at the University of Edinburgh, Anne Ross became Research Fellow in the School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh. She then rapidly established herself as one of Britain's leading Celtic scholars. Her seminal work is "Pagan Celtic Britain" and she has also published "Druids - Preachers of Immortality" with Tempus Publishing. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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CONTENTS:
Acknowledgments
Foreward
1. Introduction
2. Clan Lore
3. Seers and Second Sight
4. Witchcraft, Black and White
5. Cures, Omens, Tabus, and Social Customs
6. Life and Death
7. The Seasons: Calendar Festivals and the Daily Round
8. Epilogue
Notes
Folk Museums
Bibliography
Glossary
Index of Motifs
General Index
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