12.7cm x 20.3cm
5” x 8”
312 Pages
5” x 8”
312 Pages
Abela Publishing
Yesterday’s Books for Tomorrow’s Educations
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XVIII. THE CHEST
XIX. THE INHERITANCE
XX. THE THREE WISE MEN
XXI. A PUZZLE
XXII. THE RIDERE (KNIGHT) OF RIDDLES
XXIII. THE BURGH
XXIV. THE TULMAN
XXV. THE ISLE OF PABAIDH
XXVI. SANNTRAIGH
XXVII. CAILLIACH MHOR CHLIBHRICH
XXVIII. THE SMITH AND THE FAIRIES
KIRKCUDBRIGHT
SUTHERLAND
BADENOCH
ROSS
BEARNAIRIDH
MAN (Isle of)
DEVONSHIRE
CONCLUSION
XXIX. THE FINE
XXX. THE TWO SHEPHERDS
XXXI. OSEAN AFTER THE FEEN
THE SUTHERLAND VERSION
XXXII. THE BARRA WIDOW'S SON.
XXXIII. THE TALE OF THE QUEEN WHO SOUGHT A DRINK
FROM A CERTAIN WELL
XXXIV. THE ORIGIN OF LOCH NESS
XXXV. CONALL
XXXVI. MAGHACH COLGAR
XXXVII. THE BROLLACHAN
XXXVIII. MURACHADH MAC BRIAN
XXXIX. THE THREE WIDOWS
XL. THE SON OF THE SCOTTISH YEOMAN WHO STOLE
THE BISHOP'S HORSE AND DAUGHTER,
AND THE BISHOP HIMSELF
XLI. THE WIDOW AND HER DAUGHTERS
XLII. THE TALE OF THE SOLDIER
XLIII. THE SHARP GREY SHEEP
XLIV. THE WIDOW'S SON
XLV. MAC-A-RUSGAICH
XLVI. MAC IAIN DIREACH
THE BIG WOMEN OF JURA
AN SIONNACH, THE FOX
XLVII. FEARACHUR LEIGH
THE OLLADH ILEACH
XLVIII. THE TALE OF SGIRE MO CHEALAG
XLIX. THE CAT AND THE MOUSE
L. THE THREE QUESTIONS
RIDDLES
GLOSSARY
LI. THE FAIR GRUAGACH, SON OF THE KING OF EIRINN
LII. THE KNIGHT OF THE RED SHIELD
LVII. THE TAIL
XIX. THE INHERITANCE
XX. THE THREE WISE MEN
XXI. A PUZZLE
XXII. THE RIDERE (KNIGHT) OF RIDDLES
XXIII. THE BURGH
XXIV. THE TULMAN
XXV. THE ISLE OF PABAIDH
XXVI. SANNTRAIGH
XXVII. CAILLIACH MHOR CHLIBHRICH
XXVIII. THE SMITH AND THE FAIRIES
KIRKCUDBRIGHT
SUTHERLAND
BADENOCH
ROSS
BEARNAIRIDH
MAN (Isle of)
DEVONSHIRE
CONCLUSION
XXIX. THE FINE
XXX. THE TWO SHEPHERDS
XXXI. OSEAN AFTER THE FEEN
THE SUTHERLAND VERSION
XXXII. THE BARRA WIDOW'S SON.
XXXIII. THE TALE OF THE QUEEN WHO SOUGHT A DRINK
FROM A CERTAIN WELL
XXXIV. THE ORIGIN OF LOCH NESS
XXXV. CONALL
XXXVI. MAGHACH COLGAR
XXXVII. THE BROLLACHAN
XXXVIII. MURACHADH MAC BRIAN
XXXIX. THE THREE WIDOWS
XL. THE SON OF THE SCOTTISH YEOMAN WHO STOLE
THE BISHOP'S HORSE AND DAUGHTER,
AND THE BISHOP HIMSELF
XLI. THE WIDOW AND HER DAUGHTERS
XLII. THE TALE OF THE SOLDIER
XLIII. THE SHARP GREY SHEEP
XLIV. THE WIDOW'S SON
XLV. MAC-
THE BIG WOMEN OF JURA
AN SIONNACH, THE FOX
XLVII. FEARACHUR LEIGH
THE OLLADH ILEACH
XLVIII. THE TALE OF SGIRE MO CHEALAG
XLIX. THE CAT AND THE MOUSE
L. THE THREE QUESTIONS
RIDDLES
GLOSSARY
LI. THE FAIR GRUAGACH, SON OF THE KING OF EIRINN
LII. THE KNIGHT OF THE RED SHIELD
LVII. THE TAIL
This second volume of Tales of the West Highlands contains thirty ursgeuln,
or tales, fifty riddles plus a few extra stories. As always, these are tales and
stories in which something 'Fairy' or magical occurs, something extraordinary-
-fairies, giants, dwarfs, princes, princesses, kings and queens, speaking
animals and the remarkable stupidity of some of the characters.
But these aren't just a collection of amusing and entertaining stories.
Just twenty years after the Elementary Education Act of 1870 these are the
tales that were still being used in those far- flung reaches of the Highlands to
teach the young the lessons of life. Also included are Seanachas--those old
Highland stories which in their telling resemble no others, whose origins are
lost in the mists of the Highlands, if not the midst of time.
So take some time out and travel back to a period before television and
radio, a time when tales were passed on orally-- at the drying kilns, at the
communal well or in homes, where families would gather around a crackling
and spitting hearth and granddad or grandma or uncle or auntie would
delight and captivate the gathering with stories passed on to them
from their parents and grandparents from time immemorial.
A proportion of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated
to the Princes Trust for the education of the underprivileged.
John Halsted
Abela Publishing
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