Gaelic book “significant”: review
The latest issue of Béascna, Journal of Folklore and Ethnology from University College Cork, includes a helpful review of Fògradh, Fàisneachd, Filidheachd / Parting, Prophecy, Poetry, by Duncan Blair, John Alick MacPherson and Michael Linkletter (CBU Press 2013).
“Expertly edited … it has particular value as an insight into the importance of the oral narrative of the clearances as social capital….”
“It is equally significant as an insight into the endurance of folk belief….”
Right!
Recently, the Journal of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society remarked that “The work is both scholarly and accessible [and] Nova Scotia Gaelic, both in its historical texts and in contemporary manifestations, needs more work like this.”