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Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

by John H. Dixon

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Part II Inhabitants of Gairloch

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I.Ancestry and Names109
II.Warfare and Weapons112
III.Polity and Customs114
IV.Religion and Religious Observances117
V.Character and Characteristics121
VI.Language and Dress125
VII.Ways and Means132
VIII.Agriculture and Stock136
IX.Fisheries143
X.Posts and Roadmaking147
XI.Superstitions of Isle Maree150
XII.Superstitions of Isle Maree—continued153
XIII.Superstitions generally158
XIV.Witchcraft and Magic163
XV.Visions and Second Sight169
XVI.Bards and Pipers173
XVII.Hereditary Pipers of the Gairloch Family177
XVIII.William Mackenzie and Malcolm Maclean180
XIX.William Ross, the Gairloch Bard183
XX.Alexander Campbell, Bard to Sir Hector185
XXI.Alexander Grant, the great Bard of Slaggan187
XXII.John Mackenzie of “The Beauties”189
XXIII.Living Gairloch Bards192
XXIV.The Poolewe Artist200
XXV.James Mackenzie’s Gairloch Stories201

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