Photocopied extract of a Gaelic story contributed by Rev John Gregorson Campbell.
Gaelic story with English translation.
2000.219.2
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Associated People: Campbell, Rev. John Gregorson, Tiree (1836 - 1891)
2000.159.6
Hardback book `Clan Traditions and Popular Tales (Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition V. Argyllshire Series)` collected by Rev John Gregorson Campbell, 1895.
Includes several tales featuring Tiree, including ‘The Last Cattle Raid in Tiree’, from page 29 of the book, transcribed below.
The story of the last cattle raid on Tiree was collected by John Gregorson Campbell from local informants while he was serving as the island’s minister between 1861 and 1891. It was published in ‘Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands and Islands’ in 1895.
John Gregorson Campbell was recognised as one of the greatest authorities on Celtic folklore. His publisher, Alfred Nutt wrote, ‘In person, Campbell was tall and fair, with deep blue eyes full of life and vivacity. He was noted at once for the kindliness of his manner, and the shrewd causticity of his wit.’
An invalid for the last ten years of his life, he lived with his sister Mrs Jessie Wallace in Hynish. He died unmarried in 1891.
2000.159.5
Hardback book `The Fians; or Stories, Poems, & Traditions of Fionn and his Warrior Band (Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition IV. Argyllshire Series)` collected by Rev John Gregorson Campbell.
The stories, peoms and traditions of Fionn Mac Cumhail and his warrior band collected by Rev John Gregorson Campbell.
1999.157.3
Hardback book `Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland` by John Gregorson Campbell. The following extract is a transcription from the book.
Fairy dogs (‘Cu sith’)
The fairies often kept hounds as watchdogs, which sometimes accompanied fairy women on their expeditions or roamed about alone, making their lairs in the clefts of rocks.
Rev. John Gregorson Campbell described these dogs as being ‘as large as a two-year-old stirk’ with, in some cases, ‘a long tail rolled up in a coil on its back…Its immense footmarks [were] as large as the spread of a human hand…’ Some said its motion was silent; others that it made a noise like a galloping horse.
‘There is a considerable interval between each bark, and at the third (it only barks thrice) the terror-struck hearer is overtaken and destroyed, unless he has by that time reached a place of safety.’
1999.167.5
Photocopied letter dated 13/1/1862 from Rev John Gregorson Campbell to the Duke of Argyll.
Letter dated 13/1/1862 from Rev John Gregorson Campbell to the Duke of Argyll about the lack of accomodation for the teacher at Kirkapol school and the large class size (80-90 pupils). (Bundle 1540)
1998.27.6
Photocopied letter from M MacArthur, Middleton dated 4/5/1950.
Letter from M. MacArthur, Middleton dated 4/5/1950 with a short history of the church in Tiree and a list of ministers from 1676 to 1917.
2002.179.3
Newspaper cutting `The Quern-Dust Calendar` by Raghnall MacIlleDhuibh.
The use of fairies as an excuse for violence against people, illustrated with examples from John Gregorson Campbell`s book `Superstitions of the Highland and Islands of Scotland`.
2002.179.4
Newspaper cutting `The Quern-Dust Calendar` by Raghnall MacIlleDhuibh.
Stories of violence, one from Tiree recorded by John Gregorson Campbell in his book `Superstitions of the Highland and Islands of Scotland`.
2002.179.2
Newspaper cutting `The Quern-Dust Calendar` by Raghnall MacIlleDhuibh.
The use of fairies as cover for some social issues that people are not willing to face, illustrated with examples from John Gregorson Campbell`s book `Superstitions of the Highland and Islands of Scotland`.
1999.17.2
Photocopied extract from Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae by Hew Scott, D.D., Vol 4, pp 110, 119-122, Vol 8, pp 338, 234-341, Vol 9, p 404,406, Vol 10, p241.
The succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland in Heylipol/Soroby and Kirkapol from 1623 to 1929.
