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In this new edition, one of Scotland’s best known storytellers vividly recreates the world of the nomad which has now long since disappeared. Wiliamson provides a refreshing simplicity that contrasts to our modern, technologically-led and increasingly complex lives.

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Now reprinted for the first time since 1968, this is a collection of stories about the supernatural, collected in the late 1890s by Fatherr Allan McDonald, parish priest of the island of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides.    

    
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Tales Until Dawn is an extraordinary collection of texts recorded from the lyrical and adept Gaelic speaker Joe Neil MacNeil. Translated by John Shaw, this book truly captures the breadth and richness of the Gaelic speaking community which covers and records many genres and subjects in this comprehensive collection.

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A.J. Bruford and D.A. MacDonald present an entertaining collection of the oral tales that have been passed down by generations of Scottish storytellers, and have been recorded and collected by researchers from the School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University over the past fifty years.

 

        

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Tales and Traditions of the Lews is a marvellous pot pourri of local history, myth and legend from prehistoric times to the present day; it brings alive the island of Lewis in a way few other histories can.

    
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Highland Folk Ways vividly describes the many aspects and artefacts of our ancestors’ lives - the clothes, cooking utensils, weapons, food and the implements for fishing, farming and building are all meticulously depicted and placed in historical context.

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The Sidlaws are a low range of hills running from Montrose in the east to Perth in the west. They are a rich source of traditional tales, legends, historical incidents and songs.

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Volume 10 of the Compendium of Scottish Ethnology brings together a series of essays by a diverse range of authors on the themes of oral literature and performance culture. The topics covered in this volume include: narrative collection and performanc
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These stories are drawn from traditions in all parts of Scotland, for example ‘The Well at the World’s End’ from Islay; ‘The King of Lochlin’s Three Daughters’ from Inveraray; ‘Tam Scott and the Fin-Man’ from Orkney; and ‘The Last of the Picts’ from the Lowlands.                   
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A warm book of folklore and tales told by one of the most well-known storytellers of the Western Isles.
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A fantastic volume embracing the supernatural in Gaelic superstition from the mid-nineteenth century.

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This marvellous compendium of photographs, stories, traditions and songs has been an established classic since its first publication in 1955.
    
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A magnificent collection of epic traveller tales full of wonder. There are tales of the supernatural as well as tales of everyday life.
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Duncan Williamson was a Scottish traveller who went on to become one of Britain’s master story-tellers. Fireside Tales, his first book, reveals this artistry and mastery in all its glory.
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This fabulous and evoking collection of heroic tales about the Celtic hero Finn MacCoul is magical and bloodthirsty compendium full of humour, love and courage.
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Scotland’s greatest contemporary storyteller re-lives joyous silkie folklore from the oral tradition of the West Coast. These stories are a vital part of Scotland’s heritage for both adults and children alike, and magically link the two worlds of sea and land, animal and human.
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