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The fairies removed one man's hump and put it on another humpbacked man. A man went to get something for the New Year. He saw a fairy knoll open and went inside. The fairies were dancing and singi...

The contributor's grandfather saw a fairy. The contributor's grandfather thought he saw a fairy. There was a knoll in Howmore and he saw a girl in a green dress with a wooden pail. She spoke to hi...

How Alasdair Mòr's fish turned to dirt. Alasdair Mòr mac Iain Làidir was fishing. Another man said it was time to share his catch, but Alasdair said there were plenty more fish in the river. When ...

The brothers and the treasure. A man heard someone saying a rhyme inside a rock. The stone rolled back and two giants came out of a cave. The man outside went in and found a cave full of treasure....

MacPhee's black dog saved its master's life after witches killed his four sons. MacPhee had four sons and a black dog that refused to heed commands. The four sons had their throats cut in a sheili...

Verses, sheep's tail candle, cairn of curses and other Hogmanay customs. The boys went from door to door reciting verses at Hogmanay. The contributor recites one. Bannocks were made for them and t...

Fionn and the Tooth of Knowledge. Fionn was fishing one day when he was a youngster and he saw an Englishman fishing. He wasn't catching anything and the man said to try casting a line on his luck...

Curing barra-chinn. Children used to get barra-chinn. One of the contributor's daughters had this while they were living in Tiree. A woman put her finger in the girl's mouth three times a week and...

How a cow with the evil eye was cured. A girl from Gairloch told the contributor that there was something wrong with one of their cows. The contributor told her that someone must have put the evil...

How Fear Stadhlaigearraidh helped a woman to get her real baby back from the fairies. The fairies used to steal children. A woman came home to find the baby in the cradle crying incessantly. She t...