{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/nes/nes01.htm","path":"neu/celt/nes/nes01.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/nes/nes01.htm","text":"This book, with the exception of parts of Chapters XVIII. and XIX., has been gathered by myself from the mouths of the folk. Much of it I have been in the habit of hearing and marking from my earliest years. To all kind friends from whom I have gotten lore I give my hearty thanks. I cannot name them all, but my thanks are specially due to Mrs. Forbes and Mrs. Coutts, Banff; to the late Mrs. Watson, and to Mrs. Cardno, Fraserburgh, for help in Chapters XVI. and XXIII.--\"Riddles\" and \"Countings-out.\" As to references to parallel customs elsewhere, I have noted only those which occur in the Society's publications, and a few very obvious instances in Russian and Italian folklore. These I thought would assist members of the Society without altering the character of my collection.\nPitsligo, Aberdeenshire,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0April, 1881.","title":"Folk-lore of the North-East of Scotland: Preface","type":"page"}