Hallowe'en: Its Origin, Rites and Ceremonies in the Scottish Tradition
Published by The Albyn Press, 1970
- First Edition
- Used
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, Perth, United KingdomHadwebutknown
AbeBooks seller since April 15, 2019
Condition: Used
£ 130.00
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Scarce account of the Scottish Hallowe'en traditions by the author of 'The Silver Bough' - the standard work on Scottish folklore and legends. Includes traditional recipes for Crowdie and Cloutie Dumpling. 63 pages, with 9 illustrative plates. A Near Fine copy in Near Fine jacket.
Seller Inventory # 20513
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Hallowe'en: Its Origin, Rites and Ceremonies in the Scottish Tradition
- Author
- MCNEILL, F. Marian
- Publisher
- The Albyn Press
- Publication year
- 1970
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- First Edition.
Hadwebutknown
Birnam, Perth, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since April 15, 2019
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Had We But Known… has a stock of around 7000 books with two main specialisms of Mystery novels from the ‘Golden Age of Detection’ (or GAD as it is sometimes called) and History, particularly Scottish and Medieval History. We also have a large selection of Scottish literature. In addition to these we have good smaller collections of Science Fiction, pulp paperbacks, Chess and European Literature in translation. We issue occasional catalogue of Golden Age Mysteries and Scottish Literature and History…
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