Paperback book `Popular Tales of the West Highlands Vol 2` translated by J. F. Campbell.
John Francis Campbell of Islay`s great collection of Scottish folktales.
1998.320.4
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1998.320.2
Paperback book `More West Highlands Tales Vol 1` collected by J. F. Campbell and edited by W. J. Watson, D. MacLean and H. J. Rose.
Range of Gaelic folk tales from simple fairy stories, to stories based on Aesop`s fables, from epic legends to a West Highland version of the Arabian Nights.
1998.320.3
Paperback book `More West Highlands Tales Vol 2` collected by J. F. Campbell and edited by A. Matheson, J. MacInnes, H. J. Rose and K. Jackson.
Range of Gaelic folk tales from simple fairy stories, to stories based on Aesop`s fables, from epic legends to a West Highland version of the Arabian Nights.
2004.8.3
Hardback book `Aig Tigh na Beinne` by Catriona White Grant
A collection of stories and poems in Gaelic, some translated from English.
2000.219.2
Photocopied extract of a Gaelic story contributed by Rev John Gregorson Campbell.
Gaelic story with English translation.
2000.159.4
Hardback book `Folk and Hero Tales from Argyllshire (Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition III. Argyllshire Series)` collected, edited and translated by Rev J. MacDougall.
Gaelic folk tales collected from the district of Duror by the Rev J. MacDougall.
2000.160.4
Hardback book `The Inner Hebrides and their legends` by Otta F. Swire.
Collection of stories and accounts covering the islands` legendary past before history and their nearer past carved by the turbulent clans. Includes a chapter on Tiree and Coll.
2000.159.3
Hardback book `Folk and Hero Tales from Argyllshire (Waifs & Strays of Celtic Tradition II. Argyllshire Series)’ collected, edited and translated by Rev D. MacInnes, with a preface by Lord Archibald Campbell, Duke of Argyll.
Gaelic folk tales collected from shoemaker Archibald MacTavish, Donald MacLachlann and Neil Livingstone, all from Oban, and Donald MacGregor from Lismore.
2000.160.3
Hardback book `The Outer Hebrides and their legends` by Otta F. Swire.
The legends, folklore and history of the outer Hebrides.
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.