title: Folklore of the Scottish Highlands
author: Anne Ross
description: The folklore of the Scottish Highlands is unique and very much alive. Dr Anne Ross, a Gaelic-speaking Celtic scholar and archaeologist, has lived and worked in crofting communities, enabling her to collect information at first hand and to assess the veracity of material already published. She portrays the beliefs and customs of Scottish Gaelic society in the light of Celtic and more recent Scottish history, including: seasonal customs deriving from Celtic festivals; the famous waulking songs; the Highland tradition of seers and second sight; omens and taboos, both good and bad; chilling experiences of witchcraft and the Evil Eye; rituals associated with life and death. Dr Anne Ross, formerly Lecturer in the Extramural Department of the University of Southampton, where she taught Iron Age and general Celtic topics, now lives near Aberystwyth and teaches part time at the University. She is the author of several books including Roman Celtic Britain and of the Pagan Celts, as well as numerous papers and teaches part time.
zlib_text: Once Upon a Highland Legend
  
  Tanya Anne Crosby
  
    
    
    
  
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  2nd Edition, July 21, 2014
  
  This novella was previously published in the anthology The Winter Stone, April
  21, 2014
  
  Published by Oliver-Heber Books, LLC
  
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  without the prior written permission of both Oliver-Heber Books and the
  author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles
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  PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and
  incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used
  fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business
  establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
  
  Once Upon a Highland Legend Copyright © 2013 Tanya Anne Crosby
  
  Dedication
  
    
  
  _To all who still believe in faerie tales._
  
    
  
  Praise for The Guardians 