CONTENTS.
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| Preface, | [vii] |
| Introduction: Alfred Nutt, | [ix] |
Memoir of the late Rev. John Gregorson Campbell. His work as a folk-lorist. The present work.
Clan Traditions.
| Macleans of Duart, | [1] |
| Death of Big Lachlan Maclean, | [5] |
| Macleans of Coll, | [7] |
| Browns of Tiree, | [12] |
| The Story of Mac an Uidhir, | [18] |
| Steeping the Withies, | [24] |
| Little John of the White Bag, | [25] |
| The Killing of Big Angus of Ardnamurchan, | [26] |
| The Last Cattle Raid in Tiree, | [29] |
| Lochbuie’s Two Herdsmen, | [32] |
| Finlay Guivnac, | [44] |
| Big Dewar of Balemartin, | [51] |
| The Big Lad of Dervaig, | [53] |
| Donald Gorm of Sleat, | [59] |
| Donald Gorm of Moidart, | [62] |
| The Black Raven of Glengarry, | [63] |
| The Old Wife’s Headland, | [65] |
| A Tradition of Islay, | [67] |
| Fair Lachlan of Dervaig, | [70] |
Legendary History.
| Princess Thyra of Ulster and her Lovers, | [74] |
| Garlatha of Harris, | [80] |
Stories about the Fairies.
| A Housewife and her Fairy Visitor, | [83] |
| The Wise Woman of Duntulm and the Fairies, | [86] |
Folk Tales.
| The Two Brothers, | [91] |
| The Two Sisters and the Curse, | [95] |
| How the Daughter of the Norse King thinned the Woods of Lochaber, | [101] |
| How O’Neil’s Hair was made to Grow, | [108] |
Beast Fables.
| The Wolf and the Fox, | [115] |
| The Fox and the Bird, | [119] |
| The Wren, | [120] |
| The Two Deer, | [123] |
| The Two Horses, | [124] |
| The Two Dogs, | [124] |
| The Cat and the Mouse, | [126] |
Boy’s Games.
| King and Kite, | [128] |
| Parson’s Mare has gone Amissing, | [130] |
| Hide and Seek, | [131] |
Appendix.
| I.—Finlay Guivnac, | [133] |
| II.—Port Nan Long, | [133] |
| III.—A Tradition of Morar, | [135] |
| IV.—Letters from the late Campbell of Islay, | [138] |