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A death warning in a dream. The contributor was warned of a cousin's death in a dream. He saw her father, who was long dead, in his death-robes bending over her and her brother, who had died young...

A supernatural anecdote. A man was attacked by a woman on a hill. He squeezed her tightly, and he was in bed the following day in her home.

A ghost sighting. The contributor's grandfather was out fishing one night on Loch nan Uamh with another man. He saw this man's sweetheart sitting beside him in the boat.

Warning from the dead. A man's wife died, and he re-married. His second wife ill-treated his son. His first wife met him on the road one day, and told him so.

The woman who went into a fairy knoll but could not leave until she baked a chest of meal. A woman went into a fairy knoll but had to bake a chest of meal before she could leave. No matter how muc...

The foolish son of a widow from Skye helped by a ghost to find money. The foolish son of a widow from Skye was looking for a place to spend the night. When he was going to a certain house, he met ...

The story of Gilleasbaig MacLean (Còirneal na Sgurra) fighting a very strong woman.

The fairy woman and the cow. A woman lost a cow, and found it had gone over the cliff. When she found it, a fairy woman was sitting beside it. She advised the woman to eat it.

Fraoch sent to a certain island to get berries to cure his illness. Fraoch was married to a girl in Tìr a' Ghoill whose mother had a notion for him. He became ill, and his wife's mother said that ...

A story about a water-horse and a girl. He takes her out to sea and they both drown.