Axillary Swelling 99
Lumbago 100
Consumption 100
Leprosy 100
Loch Ma Nàr 101
Wells 101
Mountain Ash 103
Pearlwort 103
St. John’s Wort 104
Juniper 105
Yarrow 106
The Enticing Plant 106
The Daughter of the King of Enchantments 107
_CHAPTER III_
Death Warnings
Introductory 109
Hugh of the Little Head 111
_CHAPTER IV_
Second Sight
Introductory 120
Spectres of the Living 132
Apparitions of the Dead 137
Strong and Undue Wishes 141
Tàradh 144
Marriage 147
Coming Misfortune 148
Events at a Distance 149
Death 150
Coffin 151
Noise of Glasses to be used at Funerals 154
Funeral Procession 155
Wraiths seen before Death 158
Drowning 160
Horses and Dogs 163
Crying heard before Death 166
Lights 169
Spirits seen before Death 172
Return of the Dead 172
Bones of the Dead and Place of Burial 176
Spirits appearing in Dreams 179
To get rid of the Second Sight 180
_CHAPTER V_
Hobgoblins
Introductory 181
The Bodach, or Carle 187
Fuath 188
Cachlaidh Na Feusaig, Islay 189
The Headless Body 191
The Grey Paw 194
Ewen and the Carlin Wife 198
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