Ossianic Ballads References To Books, Etc : p. 373 OSSIANIC BALLADS--REFERENCES TO BOOKS, ETC. * Means that the piece, in some form, is still current. 1530. Dean MacGregor's MSS. See published list of contents, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 1856, and papers read, 24th January 1831. Report of the Highland Society on the poems...
Title Page : POPULAR TALES OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS ORALLY COLLECTED WITH A TRANSLATION BY THE LATE J. F. CAMPBELL NEW EDITION VOLUME IV POSTSCRIPT. OSSIANIC CONTROVERSY--BRITISH TRADITION, PROSE, AND POETRY--MYTHOLOGY--HIGHLAND DRESS CELTIC ORNAMENT, ETC. ETC. ALEXANDER GARDNER OF PAISLEY AND LONDON [1890]...
Ii. Traditions. British Traditions : p. 237 II.--TRADITIONS. BRITISH TRADITIONS. In the preceding pages I have endeavoured to separate the "Poems of Ossian" from the popular traditions on which they are partly founded, and to shew that many of these are of great antiquity, whatever may be the real date of Gaelic poems, popular...
I. Ossian. Popular Ballads : POPULAR BALLADS. It may be well here to attempt, a definition of the word "ballad." I understand it to mean a bit of popular history, or a popular tale, or romance, turned into verse, which will fit some popular air. It is not something definite, like a printed song by a known author, but something...
I. Ossian. Gaelic Ossian Internal Evidence, Etc : GAELIC OSSIAN--INTERNAL EVIDENCE, ETC. The list will shew that the Irish claim to all genuine old Gaelic poetry is unfounded; but I have little doubt that versions of anything which has ever been extensively known amongst the Scotch Gael has been equally well known to their Irish brethren. The best...
List Of Illustrations : p. vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOLUME IV. I take this opportunity of thanking Mr. J. Stuart for permission to copy from his valuable work called "The Sculptured Stones of Scotland." The stones themselves are valuable records of the past, but liable to injury, and Mr. Stuart's work is carefully...
Iii. Mythology. Mythology Aryan Theory : MYTHOLOGY--ARYAN THEORY. I lately had the advantage of hearing the modern science of language explained by a master of that art. Its principles, as I gathered them, appear to be these. Men are different from brutes in that they are gifted with reason, and having reason they are also gifted with p...
Music : MUSIC. A work on Gaelic music is in course of preparation, when that appears there will be another element of comparison. Meantime those who are curious in such matters may hear "bagpipes" in nearly all the European countries where Celts have been. I have heard the pipes in Ireland, Scotland, Sp...
I. Ossian. Family History : FAMILY HISTORY. About 1706, Mr. Alexander Campbell, second son of Campbell of Craignish, was employed by John Duke of Argyll to examine and sort his archives and charters, and he left what is called the "Craignish manuscript." He mentions old manuscripts in the Irish character then extant...
I. Ossian. Ossian. Published Evidence : OSSIAN. PUBLISHED EVIDENCE. If anything could be ascertained relative to the authenticity of the poems, it was to be done by going direct to the oldest surviving inhabitants of the districts where they were said to be found. That was done, and collections were printed and written, of which very...
Iii. Mythology. Origin Of Such Stories : p. 274 III.--MYTHOLOGY. ORIGIN OF SUCH STORIES. As to the origin of popular tales there are three current opinions. First, it is said the minds of men are similarly constituted in all parts of the world, and when they are similarly placed will produce similar results, therefore similar stories...
A Plea For Gaelic : A PLEA FOR GAELIC. And now let me add a word about the Gaelic language. It is commonly said, "You have no literature; the language is not worth learning." A writer in the newspapers, who was kind enough to praise me, nevertheless found great fault with the publication of Gaelic. The publishers say...
Postscript : p. 1 POSTSCRIPT. A WORKMAN has reason to be grateful to any one who will give him an honest opinion of his work; and he is fortunate if he has many able advisers, for when a number of independent opinions are brought to bear upon any one subject, a new light is thrown upon it. One critic may be...
I. Ossian. On The Gaelic Poetry Of Known : ON THE GAELIC POETRY OF KNOWN AND UNKNOWN BARDS, PUBLISHED AND TRADITIONAL. (H. MACLEAN.) "The Gaelic poems which were published in 1807, from a manuscript in the handwriting of James MacPherson, differ very widely indeed from those which are handed down by tradition; very widely indeed from all...
Celtic Art : CELTIC ART. Bosses from St. Sebald, Nuremburg. plate xxviii., Grammar of Ornament, 'Byzantine.' Celtic art, like Gaelic mythology, points eastwards, and to a very early origin. It may be new to many to hear of "Celtic art," but nevertheless it is classed in the Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones...
Dress : p. 333 DRESS. 1560, or thereabouts. From a rough sketch taken from a picture at Taymouth, said to be a portrait of 'The Regent Murray.' The arms are Gun, pistol, powder horn, dirk, and sword. Dress hardly belongs to my subject, but those who deny the existence of Gaelic poems, and affect...
I. Ossian. Current Gaelic Traditions Ossi : CURRENT GAELIC TRADITIONS--OSSIAN AND BALLADS. In 1859, 1860, and 1861, I collected Gaelic stories and latterly such ballads as came in my way. Mr. Hector MacLean searched the Islands of Islay, North and South Uist, Benbecula, Barra, Minglay, Mull, and other places, for stories. Mr. Torrie...
Conclusion : CONCLUSION. And now, in conclusion, let me recommend the study of Gaelic to Scotch antiquaries. Their worthy president lately expressed a wish to be able to knock up the dead, by the help of a table, to answer some vexed p. 371 questions:--he could get nothing even from them without knowing...
I. Ossian. Points For Argument, Statement : p. 5 I. OSSIAN. 1 II. TRADITIONS, that these Highland stories which bear upon Celtic mythology are most valued by those who know most about popular lore, and that I am blamed for not holding opinions as to the origin of such stories. At the risk, then, of floundering out of my depth, I will...
List Of Stories. Gaelic : p. 402 LIST OF STORIES GAELIC p. 403 No. STORY. NARRATOR. PLACE. COLLECTOR. REFERENCE. 1. Sgeulachd na Daoil John Mackenzie, fisherman Inverary H. Urquhart 2. Bolgum mr Gifted Servants 3. Procession and Death Nurse maid Islay. Miss Ord Campbell 4. Righ Breaton (Ballad) John Maclean H. MacLean 5...
I. Ossian. Proverbs : PROVERBS. Gaelic proverbs mention the Feinne, and do not indicate the existence of a petty quarrelsome spirit in former days amongst them. 396. 1 CLANNA NAN GAEL AN GUAILLIN A CHEILE. Gaelic clans at each other's shoulders. Shews at least an appreciation of the blessings of concord, and it is...
Fairy Eggs : p. 428 FAIRY EGGS. Of these curious beans I have now a large collection. Seven different kinds are thrown up on the Scotch coasts, of which four are roughly shewn in the woodcut. The largest and commonest sort is very like a bean which grows on the Andaman Islands. It is curious if worthless nuts...
Iii. Mythology. West Highland Stories : WEST HIGHLAND STORIES. Assuming that stories do really contain the debris of ancient beliefs, this particular collection should contain fragments of the ancient Celtic creed. They seem to me to point to an astronomical pantheon at war with meteorological, aqueous, and terrestrial powers. The early...
List Of Stories. English : p. 379 LIST OF STORIES COLLECTED CHIEFLY IN SCOTLAND AFTER JANUARY 1859. "ENGLISH: MOST OF THESE WERE TOLD IN GAELIC, AND ARE IN FACT TRANSLATIONS AT FIRST OR SECOND HAND. SUTHERLAND COLLECTION. No. 1. The Unwelcome Guest. Heard by J. F. C. about twenty or twenty-five years ago, in Islay. A m...
I. Ossian. Authorities : p. 24 AUTHORITIES. An ancient stand-up dog-fight, from a sculptured cross in Scotland, at Dupplin. The first question for enquiry is, who and what were the heroes of Ossian? According to Professor O'Curry's Lectures, 1 the following dates rest upon ancient authority-- Finn's pedigree begins...
Ii. Traditions. Welsh Stories : WELSH STORIES. Now let me try to make peace with our Welsh cousins, for they have dealt hard blows at British p. 247 literature. If they were provoked thereto by MacPherson, he did them good, for the work of Owen Jones, which is a standard work still, was not begun till long after MacPherson had...
Untitled : POPULAR TALES OF THE WEST HIGHLANDS BY J. F. CAMPBELL Volume IV [1890] This is the last of four volumes of Campbell's collection of Scottish folklore. This volume is essentially an extended appendix to the previous three volumes, containing commentary, documentation, and analysis, particularly...
