Highland superstitions

the druids, fairies, witchcraft, second-sight, Hallowe'en, sacred wells and lochs, with several curious instances of Highland customs and beliefs

by Alexander Macgregor

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20th century
Language: English

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IT is lamentable that mankind in all ages of the world have been prone to the most degrading superstitions.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

Witchcraft and folk magic
Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-scotland matched “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the subtitle, “Witchcraft” in the edition title, and “Witchcraft” in the edition subtitle.
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Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition
Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-scotland matched “second sight”. Retained metadata contains “Second sight” in the subtitle, “Second sight” in the edition title, and “Second sight” in the edition subtitle.
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- “Second sight”· in edition subtitle
Legendary beings and transformations
Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-scotland matched “fairies”. Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the subtitle, “Fairies” in the edition title, and “Fairies” in the edition subtitle.
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- “Fairies”· in edition title
- “Fairies”· in edition subtitle
Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Superstition”. Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the subject metadata and “Superstition” in the subject metadata.
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- “Superstition”· in subject

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Editions

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
Highland superstitions, connected with the druids, fairies, witchcraft, second-sight, Hallowe'en, sacred wells and Lochs, with several curious instances of Highland customs and beliefs HathiTrust catalog record	1901	—	—	—	Public view	HathiTrust Digital Library (opens in a new tab) HathiTrust Digital Library (opens in a new tab)
the druids, fairies, witchcraft, second-sight, Hallowe'en, sacred wells and lochs, with several curious instances of Highland customs and beliefs [5th ed.] 19 cm; 86 p	1937	E Mackay	English	—	Catalog record	National Library of Scotland (opens in a new tab)
connected with the druids, fairies, witchcraft, second-sight, Hallowe'en, sacred wells and lochs, with several curious instances of Highland customs and beliefs National Bibliography of Scotland record "Highland superstitions' ... first appeared as a series of articles in volume II of the Celtic magazine, and subsequently as an appendix to the second, third, and fourth editions of 'The prophesies of the Brahan seer' ... published separately for the first time in 1891, and now reprinted, 1901."; 23 cm; 64 p	1901	Eneas Mackay	English	—	Catalog record	National Library of Scotland (opens in a new tab)