Scottish Festivals

By Sheila Livingstone

Book Overview

Explores the origins and evolution of Scottish festivals, blending historical documents, prose, and poetry to reveal the customs, traditions, and crafts behind them.

The origins of many Scottish festivals, such as Beltane and Hallowe'en, lie deep in the pagan past, and although the significance of many festivals may now be long forgotten, they have continued to evolve and evolve to satisfy the needs of the time.

Including extracts from prose, poetry and historical documents, this book is an enthralling journey through the year and the pageants, parades, festivals and fairs which have played a huge part in Scottish life. It introduces the customs, traditions, lore and crafts associated with them, making it the ideal companion for anyone interested in this fascinating and rich aspect of Scotland's cultural story.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780279256
• ISBN13: 9781780279251
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

very interesting for people looking for lore of Scotland

For people looking into lore, especially the roots of many holiday originating from the Celts and the Picts, this is handy reference. She covers all the seasonal holiday, the Fire Festivals, the parades, the pageantry, games and gatherings.This is a wonderful quick reference for writers, seekers of lore understanding.