Folklore -- Scotland
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Album of cuttings relating to dreams, c.1840-1870
Album of cuttings and manuscript quotations from various periodicals, regarding dreams, visions, superstitions, and other supernatural phenomena
Booklet entitled "The Land of the Four Leaved Clover", early 20th century
This unbound booklet is a draft with some illustrations. It contains elements of Scottish folklore, including brownies.
Richard Tod / "Uncle Jack" Typescripts, early 20th century
This file contains draft poems written by Richard Tod. Some of the poems include the Scottish folkloric creature, the brownie. Also, there is a handwritten draft of a story entitled "Cast Adrift: A North Sea Adventure". The drawings include what was known as a "golliwog", a character created in 1895 by Florence Kate Upton that was popular until the 1960s-70s but was later perceived as a racist caricature.
Typescripts and Sketches of Richard Tod, early 20th century
This file contains both hand and typewritten drafts of stories with edits. There are also printed stories, on which Richard Tod has marked the illustrations that he did not draw. In these printed stories, Tod uses a Scottish folkloric creature, the brownie. Also noted on the back of a draft is the name Edna McDougall.