Grazing and Agrestic Customs of the Outer Hebrides

by Alexander Carmichael

Describing the geography, folklore and prayers and charms of the islands of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, eminent folklorist Alexander Carmichael produced Grazing and Agrestic Customs of the Outer Hebrides for the Napier Commission, sixteen years before the publication of his magnum opus, the Carmina Gadelica.

36 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 19, 2013

About the author

Alexander Archibald Carmichael (Gaelic: Alasdair Gilleasbaig MacGilleMhìcheil) was a Scottish exciseman, folklorist, antiquarian, and author. Between 1860 and his death Carmichael collected a vast amount of folklore, local traditions, natural history observations, antiquarian data, and material objects from people throughout the Scottish Highlands, particularly in the southern Outer Hebrides where he lived, worked, and brought up his family between 1864 and 1882. Alexander Carmichael is best known today for Carmina Gadelica, an influential compendium of Highland lore and literature published in six volumes between 1900 and 1971.