Evil Eye / Droch-Shùil Another example of the use of a thread cure used as a charm to avert the evil eye, or droch-shùil , was collect...

Red Thread One of the most persistent superstitious beliefs to have survived until relatively late in the Western Isles (as well as on...

Sollas / Solas, North Uist / Uibhist a Tuath In this historical narrative Alexander Carmichael noted down the origins of how the kelpi...

Cailleach A 6/8 jig still popular amongst musicians, especially pipers, is Cailleach an Dùdain (‘The Old Woman of the Mill-Dust’). Al...

Berneray, Harris / Be àrnaraigh na Hearadh Anecdotes and legendary accounts of Bonnie Prince Charlie were legion in the Western Isles and...

Glenlyon, Perthshire / Gleann Lìomhann, Siorramachd Pheairt Highland history is replete with legendary accounts of clan battles from smal...

Howbeg, South Uist Many traditional tales of Coinneach Odhar or the so-called Brahan Seer were floating around the isles when Alexander C...