_Sithbheire_, 7 _Sithche_, 7, 40, 153 _Sithchear_, 7, 49 _Sithein_ (fairies’ dwelling) 11, 14, note; 94 Skip Jack, 228 Skye, 29, 30, 43, 52, 56, 67, 69, 75, 91, 96, 99, 126, 136, 137, 156, 165, 182, 184, 199, 201, 217, 244, 297, 303, 305 Speke, Captain, 254 Spells, 281-285 St. Bridget’s Day, 225 St. Columba, 223 St. Elmo’s light, 6 St. Fillan, 196 St. John’s wort, 49, 103 Stirling, the Carse, 285 Suicides, 242 Superstitions about animals, 219-228 miscellaneous, 229-249 Sutherlandshire, 66 T Taghairm (“spirit call”), 304-312 _Tales of the West Highlands_ (_see_ Campbell) Tapull House, 75 Tea, divination by, 266 Theft, 236 Thomas of Ercildoune (the Rhymer), 45, 269-272 Thunder, 235 Tiree, 6, 30, 42, 52, 55, 57, 69, 71, 76, 78, 83, 85, 87, 91, 93, 101, 105, 108, 109, 134, 135, 139, 141, 142, 150, 165, 189, 199, 239, 240, 241, 266 Tobermory, 63, 183 _Toradh_ (benefit), 21, 32, 33, 48 _Trial_ (Deuchainn, fridh), 259, 261 Trolls, 11 “Trouble-the House” (Eachrais ùrlair), 282 Tutelary beings, 155-194 origin of the belief in, 192, 193 U Uist, 136, 137, note North, 284 Unimore, 190 Urisk, the, 195-199, 215 of Ben Loy, 196 Yellow-Waterfall, 197 W Washing-woman (_see_ Bean-nighe) Water-Bull, 216 Water-Dog (_see_ King Otter) Water-Horse, 203-215 at Loch Cuaich, 210 at Tiree, 211, 214 Whale, 222 [Illustration: 1900] * * * * * * Transcriber’s note: The spelling, hyphenation, punctuation and accentuation are as the original, except for apparent typographical errors which have been corrected. The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.