Carmina Gadelica, Vol. 1: Hymns and Incantations, With Illustrative Notes on Words, Rites, and Customs, Dying and Obsolete; Orally Collected, in the ... and Translated Into English

Excerpt from Carmina Gadelica, Vol. 1: Hymns and Incantations, With Illustrative Notes on Words, Rites, and Customs, Dying and Obsolete; Orally Collected, in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Translated Into EnglishThis work consists of old lore collected during the last forty-four years. It forms a small part of a large mass of oral literature written down from the recital of men and women throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, from Arran to Caithness, from Perth to St. Kilda.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.