Folk and Hero Tales

1891. The tales collected in this volume came from the district of Duror and were obtained from Alexander Cameron, a native of Ardnamurchan, who was then roadman between Duror and Ballachulish. Cameron learned them from Donald McPhie and other old men whom he had known in his boyhood, but who died many years ago. Partial Contents: How Finn Kept His Children for the Big Young Hero of the Ship, and How Bran was Found; The Smith's Rock in the Isle of Skye; The Farmer of Liddesdale; and A Tale about the Son of the Knight of the Green Vesture, Performing Heroic Deeds Which were Famed on Earth Seven Years Before He was Born.Macdougall, J. is the author of 'Folk and Hero Tales' with ISBN 9780766189546 and ISBN 0766189546.