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Standing on the Edge of Being: Scotland 1850 to COP 26, by Richard D. Oram

Fredrik Albritton Jonsson

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 1 · 2026 · DOAJ

Giollas na gCos Dubh'

Ríonach uí Ógáin

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

The author recorded the tale entitled ‘Giollas na gCos Dubh’ from Pádraig Ó Nia, originally from the island of Fínis, Co. Galway, in 1982. To date, only two other versions of the tale have been identified, although some motifs are found in other narratives. After introducing the storyteller and…

From Farm to Fork in South Uist

Virginia Blankenhorn

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

Drawing from her diary of summer stays in South Uist in the 1970s, the author focuses on those aspects of crofting life having to do with food production. Having grown into a comfortable relationship with a crofting family in Howbeg, the author witnessed and participated in many of the summer’s…

Up in the Air' or 'The Grey Mare': A Scottish and English Prosimetrical Form of ATU 1540, 'The Student from Paradise (Paris)'

Katherine Campbell; Emily Lyle

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

A Scottish lawyers’ dramatic entertainment known in the eighteenth century contained a song which Allan Ramsay revised as ‘Up in the Air’ in his Tea-Table Miscellany (1723). The traditional song and air as found in Scotland and a related prose text published in an English newspaper are explored…

The Women of Islay and Issues of Gender in the Core Fairy Tale Repertoires of Scotland and Appalachia

Carl Lindahl

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

An underappreciated aspect of John Francis Campbell’s Popular Tales of the West Highlands is the richness of its representation of the women storytellers of Islay. Although female narrators recorded outside of Islay account for less than four percent of Campbell’s published texts, women contributed…

The Fiddler and the Waterfall: The Quest for Inspiration in Norwegian Legends of Fiddlers

Terry Gunnell

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

Tracing cultural affinities between stories recorded in the Northern Isles of Scotland (especially Shetland) and those found in the wider Nordic world, the author examines legends and beliefs connecting fiddle music and the supernatural. Tales tell of would-be musicians learning tunes from…

Publications of John William Shaw

Tiber Falzett

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

A list of published works by John Shaw, Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh.

Oral Narrative and Propaganda

Ronald Black

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

This article examines some inconsistencies among narratives relating to the dispute between Angus MacDonald of Islay and Sir Lachlan MacLean of Duart over possession of the Rhinns of Islay in the late sixteenth century. While the historicity of the events is not in dispute, local accounts, both…

The Dead Bridegroom' (ATU 365) in Iceland

Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

The tale is familiar: A young woman is collected from her home and taken on horseback by a male figure known to her, but subsequently discovers that the rider is his ghost, and that the grave is their destination. While AUT 365 is known throughout Europe, this article traces the form and details of…

Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy, ed. Simon McKerrell and Gary West

Jane Pettegree

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 1 · 2026 · DOAJ

A' Chluais-chiùil ann an Dualchas nan Gàidheal

William Lamb

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

In generations past, Gaels had difficulty separating melody from words. When discussing a song, for example, someone who knew the air to a song was thereby assumed to know the words as well. A wide range of evidence also points to a pervasive cultural tendency to mix instrumental music and song…

The Order of the Elephant': Symbols and Power in the Policing of Land Agitation in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Grace Wright

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 1 · 2026 · DOAJ

The Crofters’ War of the 1880s saw widespread protest at the unequal and exploitative modes of land management used in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. In this article, a study is made of medals awarded by William Ivory, the Sheriff of Inverness-shire, to police in the Isle of Skye for their…

Music from the Source: Am Muileann Dubh and North Atlantic Supernatural Music Legends

Tiber Falzett

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

This article examines legends of supernatural music associated with the Scottish Gaelic reel tune Am Muileann Dubh ('The Black Mill') across the North Atlantic. Drawing on Prince Edward Island, Shetlandic, Hebridean, Highland, and Cape Breton material alongside Christiansen's Migratory Legend type…

A Song Remembered in Exile: Anna a Ghaoil, hao ill o, Fear chanaidh, agus Eòin G. MacFhionghain

Robert Dunbar

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

Visiting Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in the 1930s, John Lorne Campbell became aware of the rich heritage of Gaelic song and culture brought to Canada by Scottish settlers. This article examines Campbell’s relationship with an industrious and influential Canadian Gael: Jonathan G. MacKinnon (Eòin G…

Obituary: Ian A. Fraser, 1941-2025

Jacob King

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 1 · 2026 · DOAJ

An Cùbair Collach agus a' Chuibheall-Chnò'

Dòmhnall Eachann Meek

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

In this article, the author presents a tale told by his grand-uncle Charles MacDonald (1874–1960), whose storytelling was part of his childhood in Tiree. The tale concerns Alexander Maclean (1776–1822), the ‘Cùbair Collach’, a Coll man whose reputation as a daring whisky-smuggler made him the…

Front Matter

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

Catastrophe at St Kilda: Vulnerability and Resilience in an Island Community

Andrew Fleming

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 1 · 2026 · DOAJ

A ‘sea of islands’ approach to the history of the Hebrides increases the possibility that aspects of St Kilda’s relatively well-recorded ethnography may be productively extrapolated to the wider and less well documented Hebridean region. However, cultural continuity in the archipelago may have been…

Gun Sireadh, Gun Iarraidh: The Tolmie Collection, ed. Kenna Campbell and Ainsley Hamill

Virginia Blankenhorn

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 1 · 2026 · DOAJ

John William Shaw: A Biographical Note

Virginia Blankenhorn; Robert Dunbar

Scottish Studies, Vol. 42 No. 2 · 2026 · DOAJ

A review of the life and accomplishments of John Shaw, Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh.