The popular superstitions and festive amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland

About this eBook

Author

Stewart, William Grant

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Aylott and Jones,1851.

Credits

deaurider, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Subject

Highlands (Scotland) -- Miscellanea

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69592

Release Date

December 20, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.THE POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS AND FESTIVE AMUSEMENTS OF THE HIGHLANDERS OF SCOTLAND.
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE COUNTESS OF SEAFIELD.
6. 6.ADVERTISEMENT.
7. 7.PREFACE.
8. 8.CONTENTS.
9. 9.PART I.
10. 10.CHAPTER I. OF THE HIGHLAND GHOSTS IN GENERAL.
11. 11.CHAPTER II. OF THE GHOST IN HIS CO-EXISTENT STATE—HIS PERSONAL SIMILITUDES AND HABITS.
12. 12.CHAPTER III. OF THE GHOST IN HIS INTERMEDIATE STATE—HIS SIMILITUDES AND HABITS.
13. 13.CHAPTER IV. OF THE GHOST IN HIS POST-EXISTENT STATE. — SAFEGUARDS FROM GHOSTS.
14. 14.PART II. Fairies.
15. 15.CHAPTER I. ORIGIN AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAIRIES.
16. 16.CHAPTER II. SIMILITUDE OF THE FAIRY.
17. 17.CHAPTER III. OF THE FAIRIES AS A COMMUNITY—THEIR POLITICAL PRINCIPLES AND INGENIOUS HABITS. — MICHAEL SCOTT.
18. 18.CHAPTER IV. OF THEIR DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND FESTIVE HABITS.
19. 19.CHAPTER V. OF THE PASSIONS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE FAIRIES.
20. 20.CHAPTER VI. OF THE FAIRY’S EMBEZZLING AND CRIMINAL PROPENSITIES.
21. 21.PART III. Brownies.
22. 22.BROWNIES.
23. 23.PART IV. Water-Kelpies.
24. 24.WATER-KELPIES.
25. 25.PART V. Spunkies.
26. 26.SPUNKIES.
27. 27.PART VI. Witchcraft.
28. 28.CHAPTER I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT.
29. 29.CHAPTER II. OF THE AGENT’S QUALIFICATIONS, AND CEREMONIES OF THEIR CONSTITUTION.
30. 30.CHAPTER III. OF THE PERSONAL SIMILITUDE OF THE AGENTS OR MEMBERS OF THE CRAFT.
31. 31.CHAPTER IV. OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL POWERS AND PRACTICES.
32. 32.CHAPTER V. OF THE WITCH’S POWERS OF TRANSFORMATION.
33. 33.CHAPTER VI. SAFEGUARDS FROM WITCHCRAFT.
34. 34.PART VII. Highland Festive Amusements.
35. 35.HALLOWE’EN.
36. 36.CHRISTMAS.
37. 37.NEW-YEAR’S EVE.
38. 38.FASTEN’S EVE.
39. 39.BELTANE EVE.
40. 40.CHRISTENINGS.
41. 41.WEDDINGS.
42. 42.WAKES.
43. 43.FUNERALS.
44. 44.Untitled
45. 45.Untitled

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