Winter Evening Tales: Collected Among the Cottagers in the South of ScotlandEdinburgh University Press, 2002 - 601 pages "Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803 and 1804, and in Highland Journeys he offers a thoughtful and deeply-felt response to the Highland Clearances. He gives vivid pictures of his experiences, including a narrow escape from a Navy press-gang, and a Sacrament day with one minister preaching in English and another in Gaelic. Hogg also explains aspects of Gaelic culture such as the waulking songs, and he describes the trade in kelp, lucrative to the landowners but back-breaking and ill-paid for the workers. Highland Journeys makes a refreshing contribution to our understanding of early nineteenth-century travel writing"--Publisher description. |
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Page 114
... called the Gate of Hell ; for , Mr Stuart assured me that the name Loch Ketturin literally signified the Loch of the Gate of Hell . Correi Uriskin signifies the Brownie's Clough ; but the description given of the spirit that once ...
... called the Gate of Hell ; for , Mr Stuart assured me that the name Loch Ketturin literally signified the Loch of the Gate of Hell . Correi Uriskin signifies the Brownie's Clough ; but the description given of the spirit that once ...
Page 331
... called Carter - hope ; and these were all the deers that were taken that day , at least all that were gotten . The greater number made their way by a steep rocky hill called the Ericle , where they left both the riders and the dogs far ...
... called Carter - hope ; and these were all the deers that were taken that day , at least all that were gotten . The greater number made their way by a steep rocky hill called the Ericle , where they left both the riders and the dogs far ...
Page 480
... called in this country the Heather Bleater , when he wings the air in the gloaming . Gilbert , to his sincere grief , found his old friend and associate , Mrs Tallowchandler , lying stretched on the ground , unable to rise , moaning ...
... called in this country the Heather Bleater , when he wings the air in the gloaming . Gilbert , to his sincere grief , found his old friend and associate , Mrs Tallowchandler , lying stretched on the ground , unable to rise , moaning ...
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