McNeill, F. Marian (Florence Marian), 1885-1973
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Silver Bough. Volume 1, Scottish Folklore and Folk-Belief / F. Marian McNeill. Glasgow: William MacLellan, 1977
Book
Collection number: NAMOSRL GR144 .M24 v.1 (Non-circulating)
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"The Silver Bough of the sacred Aplle-tree, laden with crystal blossoms or golden fruit, is the quivalent in Celtic mythology of the Golden Bough of classical mythology - the symbolic bon between the world we know and the Otherworld. The analogy of the title with that of Sir James Frazer's stupendous work may welll make it seem a pretnetious choice - the more so as I have made not attempt to cove the whole corpus of Celtic folk-lore, but only so much as...
Dates:
Publication: 1977
Silver Bough. Volume 2, A Calendar of Scottish National Festivals: Candlemas to Harvest Home / F. Marian McNeill. Glasgow: William MacLellan, 1959
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Collection number: NAMOSRL GR144 .M24 v.2 (Non-circulating)
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"In the first volume of this work I deal with the background of our Scottish festivals - Druidism, Magic, the Fairy Faith, the Witch Cult and kindred matters. I this volume I follow the cycle of the seasons from Candlemas to the Festivals of the Corn, preceding them with an account of the medieval plays in our ancient burghs."--Foreword, F.M. McN., Edinburgh, August, 1959
Dates:
1959
Silver Bough. Volume 3, A Calendar of Scottish National Festivals: Hallowe'en to Yule / F. Marian McNeill. Glasgow: William MacLellan, 1961
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Collection number: NAMOSRL GR144 .M24 v.3 (Non-circulating)
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"In this third volume, I complete the cycke [from volume 2] from Hallowe'en - the Samhuinn of our Celtic forebears, which marked the entry of Winter and of the Celitc year - to Yule, when our Scandinavian forebears celebrated the winter solstice. Both these nature-festivals were in due course Christianised by the Church, Samhuinn, which was in origin a Festival of the Dead, being identified with the Feast of All Saints and All Souls, and Yule, "the Birthhday of the Uncoonquered Sun," being...
Dates:
Publication: 1961
Silver Bough. Volume 4, The Local Festivals of Scotland / F. Marian McNeill. Glasgow: William MacLellan, 1968
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Collection number: NAMOSRL GR144 .M24 v.4 (Non-circulating)
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"This is the fourth and final volume of Marian McNeill's Silver Bough series, completing a unique storehouse of Scottish customs already half forgotten and in danger of passing from memory. Vol. IV is devoted to the local festivals of Scotland, from Up-Helly-Aa in Lerwick to the Border Ridings"--Dust jacket
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Publication: 1968
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- Beltane 1
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- Corn -- Folklore 1
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- Hogmanay 1
- Lammas 1
- Michaelmas 1
- Midsummer (Festival) 1
- Saint Brigid’s Day 1
- Saint Martin's Day 1
- Samhain 1
- Spring festivals -- Scotland 1
- Summer festivals -- Scotland 1
- Valentine's Day 1
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