The popular superstitions and festive amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland
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1. Front matter2. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE COUNTESS OF SEAFIELD.3. ADVERTISEMENT.4. PREFACE.5. PART I.6. CHAPTER I. OF THE HIGHLAND GHOSTS IN GENERAL.7. CHAPTER II. OF THE GHOST IN HIS CO-EXISTENT STATE—HIS PERSONAL SIMILITUDES AND HABITS.8. CHAPTER III. OF THE GHOST IN HIS INTERMEDIATE STATE—HIS SIMILITUDES AND HABITS.9. CHAPTER IV. OF THE GHOST IN HIS POST-EXISTENT STATE.10. PART II. Fairies.11. CHAPTER I. ORIGIN AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAIRIES.12. CHAPTER II. SIMILITUDE OF THE FAIRY.13. CHAPTER III. OF THE FAIRIES AS A COMMUNITY—THEIR POLITICAL PRINCIPLES AND INGENIOUS HABITS.14. CHAPTER IV. OF THEIR DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND FESTIVE HABITS.15. CHAPTER V. OF THE PASSIONS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE FAIRIES.16. CHAPTER VI. OF THE FAIRY’S EMBEZZLING AND CRIMINAL PROPENSITIES.17. PART III. Brownies.18. PART IV. Water-Kelpies.19. PART V. Spunkies.20. PART VI. Witchcraft.21. CHAPTER I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT.22. CHAPTER II. OF THE AGENT’S QUALIFICATIONS, AND CEREMONIES OF THEIR CONSTITUTION.23. CHAPTER III. OF THE PERSONAL SIMILITUDE OF THE AGENTS OR MEMBERS OF THE CRAFT.24. CHAPTER IV. OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL POWERS AND PRACTICES.25. CHAPTER V. OF THE WITCH’S POWERS OF TRANSFORMATION.26. CHAPTER VI. SAFEGUARDS FROM WITCHCRAFT.27. PART VII. Highland Festive Amusements.