By John Gregorson Campbell Minister of Tiree

EDITOR'S NOTE.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE FAIRIES. 1

CHAPTER II. TALES ILLUSTRATIVE OF FAIRY SUPERSTITION.

CHAPTER III. TUTELARY BEINGS.

CHAPTER IV. THE URISK, THE BLUE MEN, AND THE MERMAID.

CHAPTER V. THE WATER-HORSE ( Each Uisge ).

CHAPTER VI. SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT ANIMALS.

CHAPTER VII. MISCELLANEOUS SUPERSTITIONS.

CHAPTER VIII. AUGURY. 68

CHAPTER IX. PREMONITIONS AND DIVINATION.

CHAPTER X. DREAMS AND PROPHECIES.

CHAPTER XI. IMPRECATIONS, SPELLS, AND THE BLACK ART.

CHAPTER XII. THE DEVIL.

FOOTNOTES

INDEX. ( The figures refer to the page. )

Title: Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Collected Entirely from Oral Sources

Author: John Gregorson Campbell

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