The peat-fire flame : folk-tales and traditions of the Highlands & Islands

is THIS a comprehensive collection of
the best folk-tales of the Highlands
and Islands of Scotland. Many of these
tales have been collected orally by the
author and appear now in print for the
first time. In the outlying parts of the
Hebrides where only Gaelic is spoken by
the older inhabitants these tales could
only be collected by one who is familiar
with the language, and the Author is
well qualified for the task he has under-
taken. He has been a collector all his
life and. Highland born, familiar with
Gaelic since he could speak. With the
passing years the sources for oral collection
of these old tales are becoming
fewer and less accessible and as there
has been a growing interest in Celtic
literature and Celtic music in recent
years the time would seem ripe for a
new one-volume collection of folk-tales.
The book is illustrated with reproduc-
tions from the Author^s own photographs.
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