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Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song

with historical and traditional notices relative to the manners and customs of the peasantry.

Also known as Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song: With Historical and Traditional Notices Relative to the Manners and Customs of the Peasantry; Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway song: with historical and traditional notices relative to the manners and customs of the peasantry

by Robert Hartley Cromek, Allan Cunningham & William Gillespie

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Introduction.--Sentimental ballads.--Humorous ballads.--Jacobite ballads, 1715.--Jacobite ballads, 1745.--Old ballads and fragments.--Appendix: Scottish games. A specimen of the tender mercies of Claverhouse, from the Life of Alexander Peden. 'Taking the Beuk.' Description of the stool of repentance. History of witchcraft, sketched from the popular tales of the peasantry of Nithsdale and Galloway. Character of the Scottish lowland fairies. Particulars of the escape of Lord Nithsdale from the Tower, in 1716. Account of Billy Blin', the Scotch brownie. Brief memoir of the life of John Lowe, author of 'Mary's dream,' by William Gillespie. Mary's dream. Old way of Mary's dream

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Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the description.

    • “Witchcraft”· in description
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the description.

    • “Fairies”· in description
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, and openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the description and “Folklore” in the subject metadata.

    • “Folklore”· via Internet Archive
    • “Folklore”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· in description
    • “Folklore”· in subject

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

with historical and traditional notices relative to the manners and customs of the peasantry.

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1910

1810London : T. Cadell and W. Davies; T. Cadell and W. DaviesEnglish—Public

Open Library record

1880Alexander Gardner——Public

Subjects

11 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Contributors: Gillespie, William
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: iala8
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR8691 .N5 C7
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1910
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openlibrary-work:OL18039284W
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