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Kinlochbervie; being the story and traditions of a remote Highland parish and its people

Kinlochbervie; being the story and traditions of a remote Highland parish and its people

MacRae, Alexander

Paperback

General World History

ISBN10: 9353609488
ISBN13: 9789353609481
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Apr 28 2019
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
At Britain's far north-west fringe, Kinlochbervie holds memories that maps cannot show. A parish at the edge. Alexander Macrae's Kinlochbervie gathers the story and traditions of this remote Highland parish into a vivid parish history book: place-names, family lines, working days, and the talk carried from hearth to shore. Part Scottish local history, part highland folklore collection, it follows highland community life through gaelic oral traditions and the changing pressures of the Sutherland Highlands of Scotland. Macrae writes with an eye for small survivals: seasonal work, local belief, and the ways neighbours remembered older times when Gaelic was the everyday tongue. Here are Scottish legends and lore set beside sober recollections of ministers, crofters, fishermen, and travellers, making it as rewarding for armchair readers as for anyone doing Scottish genealogy research. Read it straight through for atmosphere, or return to it as a local history reference when a surname, ruin, or custom demands context. Valued within Scottish antiquarian studies, Macrae's work preserves voices and details that rarely reached official records, and it stands as a compact Celtic folklore anthology rooted in a specific landscape. Its notes on people and place make it a dependable companion for researchers. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For lovers of Highland history, readers drawn to Sutherland Highlands Scotland, and classic-literature collectors, Kinlochbervie remains a cultural treasure.

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