Charms of the Gaels: Hymns and Incantations : with Illustrative Notes on Words, Rites, and Customs, Dying and Obsolete : Orally Collected in the Highlands and Islands of ScotlandThis unique collection of living spirituality, rising from the depths of Celtic Christianity, represents a hidden, oral tradition of greatest power and beauty, handed down through countless generations of Hebridean peasants. During his travels, Alexander Carmichael would visit the peasants in their huts, spending hours in front of their peat fires while they "intoned in a low, recitative manner" these poems and prayers. This is the most complete anthology of Celtic oral tradition ever assembled. |
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angels art thou Barra beautiful beloved Benbecula bhog bhire Bhog Bhog bhog bhire bird blessing blood breast Bride Brigit cailleach Carmichael Carmina Gadelica cattle charm child Christ Columba cottar crofter daughter death didst Donald eòlas evil eye fair fairy woman Father fire flocks Gaelic girl give thee glen grace guile Hail hand heard heart heaven heifer Highlands hill Hogmanay Holy horses Incantation island Isles Jesus kertch kine King knoll lamb land Loch MacDonald MacLeod MacVurich maiden Màm Mary Mother milk moon Mór mountain mouth night North Uist peace poem prayer reciter rune Scottish Highlands Seathan sheep shield singing sleep song soul South Uist Spirit St John's wort St Kilda St Michael struan stye sunwise swan thine Thou art thou shalt townland waulking Waulking song women young