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Funeral customs, crofting, fishing, and supernatural beings. Information on the following subjects: funeral customs (including the consumption of whisky, biscuits and cheese); crofting (cattle and...

Rope-making. The contributor's father told him how they used to make ropes from bog-deal - old pine which was dug up during peat-cutting. He describes how these were made. His grandfather used 'rò...

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...

Thrush advising a man to drink whisky instead of going fishing. A man going fishing interpreted a thrush's song as advice not to go or he would be drowned, and to drink up his half-bottle instead....

Fishing around Moidart. Herring fishing went on both summer and winter; cod was fished in spring. They would also catch mackerel, saithe, and lythe. The contributor describes the boats used, the n...

Fishing in Kintyre. The contributor fished by Arran and Ayrshire. He gives the Gaelic equivalents of Southern place names. He has fished around Skye for herring. Mention of John Lorne Campbell of ...

An omen of death: a light in a boat. The crew of a fishing boat saw a light in the stern of a boat. They pulled it up on the shore and abandoned it. It filled with water. Much later, children were...

An omen of death: wailing. The contributor's father, uncle and two others were fishing in Loch Tamnabhaigh when they heard a man crying on the shore. They knew there could be no one there. The inc...

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 bard tells of leaving North Uist twenty years ago and going to Glasgow. He decided to return home and took the train to Oban, in order to board the 'Hebrides'. He describes the joy of seeing th...