The Ballad of Sir James the Ross
"An ancient historical ballad" regarding Sir James the Ross which was printed in the Edinburgh Amusement in October of 1770.
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A Legend of Edderton
A Poem regarding a Legend of a battle between the Picts and the Norse at Edderton. North Star and Farmers Journal, 1899.
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A strange sound at Nigg
A report in the newspaper from April of 1842 tells of "Strange Sound" being heard at Nigg a place infamous for its death lights, wraiths and mysterious noises that were often said to foretell "a drowning."
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The Pot of Nigg Sands
A wee story from Hugh Miller regarding the death lights and wraiths said to haunt the sands of Nigg.
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Eoghan MacGabhar the Son of the Goat.
The story of Eoghan MacGabhar the Son of the Goat from our Helen Drever archive.
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Na Sìthichean obrach agus Drochaid an Obh
Na Sìthichean obrach agus Drochaid an Obh le Helen Drever. Eadar-theangachadh le Alasdair MacMhaoirn
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Hugh Ross killed by a Fairy
A short tale on the dangers of insulting a Fairy from Scottish folklore and folklife by Donald A. Mackenzie.
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Fate of the Rotterdam.
A legend of the Gizzen Briggs from; "The peat-fire flame" by Alasdair Macgregor
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