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Superstition

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

The Carmichael-Watson Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-97
Scope and Contents The Carmichael-Watson Collection consists of papers belonging to the Reverend Alexander Cameron of Arran, Alexander Carmichael, civil servant and folklorist, Alexander MacBain of Inverness, and Professor William John Watson and his son James Carmichael Watson, along with books and papers belonging to the Reverend Charles Robertson of Jura, the Reverend Angus MacDonald, the Reverend Archibald MacDonald and the Reverend Father Allan McDonald of Eriskay. These include: invocations...
Dates: 18th century - mid 20th century

Triads, late 19th-early 20th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW220
Scope and Contents

Collection of Triads including one beginning 'Giadh is lach is easgann, Tri teist na h-oidhche' and one concerning a superstition regarding the theft of salt. Also included are a number of fours, including one entitled 'The Healing of the Gael'.

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century