Island Voices is a fascinating anthology of the tales and
traditions of North Mull. The subjects throughout are timeless:
local belief and superstition, pastimes, work, health and cures,
tales and proverbs. Takes from a broad range of sources - both
written and oral - it offers a penetrating and insightful view of
the island experience, from Martin Martin in the seventeenth
century to the end of the Second World War, a time which saw huge
changes in Gaelic society as a whole. While many of the pieces show
with devastating clarity how harsh island life has been over the
centuries, they also illustrate the sharpness of phrase, shrewdness
of observation and humour characteristic of the West Highlands and
Islands. Island Voices is a celebration of a people who are often
excluded from the standard historical accounts of the clans and
Highlands, but who have endured much and safeguarded an important
heritage.
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