Dates: 1850s

2002.193.6

Paperback book `Old Skye tales` by William MacKenzie.

William Mackenzie (1851-1935) records local legends, folklore and superstition, the changes he saw in agriculture, education, the Church and emigration and recounts the history of Skye`s leading families and also the lives and experiences of crofters for whose rights he actively campaigned in the 1880s.