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388 LIST OF STORIES.
No.
171. MacPharlan's Geese.
172. Holy Wells and Frog Story. (Printed.)
173. Alderley Play regularly acted every Christmas.
174. Water Horse.
Got in Skye.
175. The Ghostly Duel.
Got in Skye.
176 and 177. Gaelic.
178 to 185. A lot of Anecdotes from Airth, the Duke
of Argyll's Messenger, when he was Postmaster-
General.
This is a tall strapping Highlander from the east country, a
capital fisherman.
186 to 200. Written from Memory by J. F. Campbell,
January 1858.
186. Black Kitchen Jack.
Heard as a child. (Popular novel.)
187. The Man on Laggan Sand.
Like Washington Irviug's Legend of Sleepy Hollow, I have
several other versions of it.
188. A Gloss upon Bird Language.
189. Dr. Beaton and the Snake.
From memory ; see Sutherland story which was got after this
had been written down. (See No. 88.)
190. Sun, and Bain, and Fairies.
191. The Woman and the Lobster. (Popular Wit.)
192. The Lassie and the Skull.
See No. I., Sutherland Collection.
193. Sgrioch na Caillich — Jura legend.
194. Jura Fleas.
195. The great Eel in Lossit Lake. Very common belief.
196. A Letter, 3rd December, 1842.
No.
171. MacPharlan's Geese.
172. Holy Wells and Frog Story. (Printed.)
173. Alderley Play regularly acted every Christmas.
174. Water Horse.
Got in Skye.
175. The Ghostly Duel.
Got in Skye.
176 and 177. Gaelic.
178 to 185. A lot of Anecdotes from Airth, the Duke
of Argyll's Messenger, when he was Postmaster-
General.
This is a tall strapping Highlander from the east country, a
capital fisherman.
186 to 200. Written from Memory by J. F. Campbell,
January 1858.
186. Black Kitchen Jack.
Heard as a child. (Popular novel.)
187. The Man on Laggan Sand.
Like Washington Irviug's Legend of Sleepy Hollow, I have
several other versions of it.
188. A Gloss upon Bird Language.
189. Dr. Beaton and the Snake.
From memory ; see Sutherland story which was got after this
had been written down. (See No. 88.)
190. Sun, and Bain, and Fairies.
191. The Woman and the Lobster. (Popular Wit.)
192. The Lassie and the Skull.
See No. I., Sutherland Collection.
193. Sgrioch na Caillich — Jura legend.
194. Jura Fleas.
195. The great Eel in Lossit Lake. Very common belief.
196. A Letter, 3rd December, 1842.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Matheson Collection > Popular tales of the west Highlands > Volume 4 > (406) |
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| Description | Volume IV. |
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| Shelfmark | Mat.77 |
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| Description | Orally collected with a translation by J.F. Campbell. New edition (Under the auspices of the Islay Association). |
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| Shelfmark | Mat.74-77 |
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| Description | Items from a collection of 170 volumes relating to Gaelic matters. Mainly philological works in the Celtic and some non-Celtic languages. Some books extensively annotated by Angus Matheson, the first Professor of Celtic at Glasgow University. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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