Folklore, Folktales, and Fairy Tales

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D. L. Ashliman
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  1. Anonymous. Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland. London: W. W. Gibbings, 1889.

  2. Anonymous. Scottish Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Legends. Illustrated by Geoffrey Strahan. London: Gibbings and Company, 1902.

  3. Black, George Fraser, and Northcote W. Thomas. County Folk-Lore, vol. 3: Examples of Printed Folk-lore Concerning the Orkney and Shetland Islands. London: Published for the Folk-Lore Society by David Nutt, 1901.

  4. Brand, John. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. Vol. 1. London: George Bell and Sons, 1895.

  5. Brand, John. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. Vol. 2. London: George Bell and Sons, 1877.

  6. Brand, John. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions. Vol. 3. London: George Bell and Sons, 1901.

  7. Buchan, Peter. Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Printed for W. & D. Laing and others, 1828.

  8. Buchan, Peter. Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: Printed for W. & D. Laing and others, 1828.

  9. Buchan, Peter. Ancient Scottish Tales. An unpublished collected made by Peter Buchan, with an introduction by John A. Fairley. Peterhead, 1908.

  10. Campbell, Archibald. Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition. Argyllshire series, vol. 1. With notes on the war dress of the Celts. London: David Nutt, 1889.

  11. Campbell, John Francis [Campbell of Islay]. Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860.

  12. Campbell, John Francis [Campbell of Islay]. Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860.

  13. Campbell, John Francis [Campbell of Islay]. Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected. Vol. 3. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862.

  14. Campbell, John Francis [Campbell of Islay]. Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected. Vol. 4. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862.

  15. Campbell, John Gregorson. The Fians; or, Stories, Poems, and Traditions of Fionn and His Warrior Band. Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition, Argyllshire Series, no. 4. London: David Nutt, 1891.

  16. Campbell, John Gregorson. Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland: Collected Entirely from Oral Sources. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1900.

  17. Campbell, John Gregorson. Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland: Tales and Traditions Collected Entirely from Oral Sources. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1902.

  18. Chambers, Robert. The Popular Rhymes of Scotland: With Illustrations, Chiefly Collected from Oral Sources. Edinburgh: William Hunter, 1826.

  19. Chambers, Robert. Popular Rhymes of Scotland, new edition. London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1870.

  20. Douglas, George Brisbane. Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales. New York: A. L. Burt Company, [ca. 1901]. This digitized book (available in various formats) is presented by the Internet Archive.

  21. Goodrich-Freer, A., "More Folklore from the Hebrides," Folk-Lore: A Quarterly Review of Myth, Tradition, Institution, and Custom. Vol. 13. London: David Nutt, 1902. Pp. 29-62.

  22. Grant, William. Scottish Anecdotes and Tales. Edinburgh and Toronto: Carswell and Company, 1885.

  23. Grassie, James. Legends of the Highlands of Scotland, from Oral Tradition. Inverness: James Smith, 1843.

  24. Gregor, Walter. Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland. London: Folk-Lore Society, 1881.

  25. Gunn, Adam, and John Mackay. Sutherland and the Reay Country: History, Antiquities, Folklore, Topography, Regiments, Ecclesiastical Records, Poetry, and Music, etc. With numerous portraits and illustrations. Glasgow: John Mackay, 1897.

  26. Gunn, Clement Bryce. The Three Tales of the Three Priests of Peebles. Selkirk: James Lewis, 1894.

  27. Henderson, William. Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders, with an Appendix on Household Stories by S. Baring-Gould. London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1866.

  28. Ingoldsby, Thomas. The Life and Letters of the Rev. Richard Harris Barham, Author of The Ingoldsby Legends, with a Selection from His Miscellaneous Poems. Vol. 1. London: Richard Bentley, 1870.

  29. Ingoldsby, Thomas. The Life and Letters of the Rev. Richard Harris Barham, Author of The Ingoldsby Legends, with a Selection from His Miscellaneous Poems. Vol. 2. London: Richard Bentley, 1870.

  30. Jacobs, Joseph. Celtic Fairy Tales. London: David Nutt, 1892.

  31. Jacobs, Joseph. More Celtic Fairy Tales. London: David Nutt, 1894.

  32. Kirk, Robert. The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies. Stirling: Eneas MacKay, 1933. Reprint of the 1893 edition (based on a manuscript written in 1691). This digital version is presented by Forgotten Books.

  33. Lang, Andrew. "English and Scotch Fairy Tales," Folk-Lore: A Quarterly Review of Myth, Tradition, Institution, and Custom, vol. 1, no. 3 (September 1890), pp. 289-312.

  34. Lowson, Alexander. Tales, Legends, and Traditions of Forfarshire. With sixteen illustrations by John Young. First series. Forfar: John Macdonald; Edinburgh and Glasgow: John Menzies and Company, 1891.

  35. MacDougall, James. Folk and Hero Tales. Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition, Argyllshire Series, no. 3. London: David Nutt, 1891.

  36. MacInnes, D. Folk and Hero Tales. Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition, Argyllshire Series, no. 2. London: Publications of the Folk-Lore Society, no. 25, 1890.

  37. Mackenzie, Alexander. Historical Tales and Legends of the Highlands. Inverness: A. and W. Mackenzie; Edinburgh: Maclachlan and Stewart, 1878.

  38. Miller, Hugh. Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland; or, The Traditional History of Cromarty. 2nd edition. London: Johnstone and Hunter, 1850.

  39. Miller, Hugh. Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland; or, The Traditional History of Cromarty. 14th edition. London and Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1876.

  40. Parker, Winifred M. Gaelic Fairy Tales. Glasgow: Archibald Sinclair, 1908.

  41. Robertson, William. Historical Tales and Legends of Ayrshire. London: Hamilton, Adams, and Company; Glasgow: Thomas D. Morison, 1889.

  42. Scott, Walter. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft. London: John Murray, 1830.

  43. Scott, Walter. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, 1803.

  44. Scott, Walter. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, 1803.

  45. Scott, Walter. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland. Vol. 3. Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, 1803.

  46. Simpkins, John Ewart. County Folk-Lore, vol. 7: Examples of Printed Folk-Lore concerning Fife, with Some Notes on Clackmannan and Kinross-Shires. London: Published for the Folk-Lore Society by Sidgwick and Jackson, 1914. This digitized book (available in various formats) is presented by the Internet Archive.

  47. Simpson, Eve Blantyre. Folk Lore in Lowland Scotland. London: J. M. Dent and Company, 1908.

  48. Stewart, Alexander. Nether Lochaber: The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West Highlands. Edinburgh: William Patterson, 1883.

  49. Wentz, W. Y. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. London: Oxford University Press, 1911.

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