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Interesting little book of stories about "ghosts, witches, folklore, legends, strange mysteries and secrets" from Ross and Cromarty counties in the Scottish Highlands. I purchased it while traveling there a few years ago. The 'Publisher's Note' reads (in part):
"Stories in Part One were gathered orally by R MacDonald Robertson during extensive travels throughout Ross and Cromarty. Many had been told round the peat fire on dark winter nights and at ceilidhs before being written down and edited by journalist Jeremy Bruce-Watt. The stories reproduced here were first published by Oliver and Boyd in "Selected Highland Folk Tales" and "More Highland Folk Tales".....The stories in Part Two, told in a delightful fairy tale style, were written by Helen Drever, illustrated by Mildred R Lamb, and first published by the Moray Press in "Lure of the Kelpie"....
The Introduction asks "Why was a fisherman sentenced to hang after being tricked by three withches? What happened to the lady who sold her soul to the Devil? Where did ghostly and ghastly visitors bring terror to a holiday home? Who haunted a castle until his walled up remains were given a proper burial? When were ghostly cries of despair heard on Loch Maree? How did a young girl break an evil spell and end up very rich indeed? These are just some of the questions answered in this fascinating collection of folk tales and supernatural lore from Ross and Cromarty."
"Stories in Part One were gathered orally by R MacDonald Robertson during extensive travels throughout Ross and Cromarty. Many had been told round the peat fire on dark winter nights and at ceilidhs before being written down and edited by journalist Jeremy Bruce-Watt. The stories reproduced here were first published by Oliver and Boyd in "Selected Highland Folk Tales" and "More Highland Folk Tales".....The stories in Part Two, told in a delightful fairy tale style, were written by Helen Drever, illustrated by Mildred R Lamb, and first published by the Moray Press in "Lure of the Kelpie"....
The Introduction asks "Why was a fisherman sentenced to hang after being tricked by three withches? What happened to the lady who sold her soul to the Devil? Where did ghostly and ghastly visitors bring terror to a holiday home? Who haunted a castle until his walled up remains were given a proper burial? When were ghostly cries of despair heard on Loch Maree? How did a young girl break an evil spell and end up very rich indeed? These are just some of the questions answered in this fascinating collection of folk tales and supernatural lore from Ross and Cromarty."
