'Recollections of an Argyllshire Drover' and Other West Highland Chronicles

AUTHOR: ERIC R. CREGEEN (1921-1983). Though born in the north of England, Eric Cregeen's family were from the Isle of Man, where he spent many of his formative years. After graduating from Cambridge University as a Social Historian, Cregeen trained with the Irish Folklore Commission before being appointed as Associate Director of the Manx Museum. In 1966 he joined the staff of the University of Edinburgh at the School of Scottish Studies and was one of the most productive fieldworkers and researchers. He was later appointed Reader in Scottish Studies, a role which he fulfilled until his untimely death in 1983. THE EDITOR: MARGARET BENNETT is a prize-winning author, well known singer and broadcaster. She has written extensively about Scottish folklore and culture at home and abroad and her eleven books include Scottish Customs from the Cradle to the Grave. She is the recipient of several honours including The Celtic Women International Award (2003), Honorary Life Fellow of the Association of Scottish Literary Studies (2010), Honorary Doctor of Music (2010, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow), le 'Prix du Quebec' (2011) and the Royal Scottish Academy has recently appointed her Honorary Professor Antiquities (2012).

TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Editorial 2. Extra-Mural Classes in the West Highlands 3. Illustrated Extra-Mural Lecture 4. Recollections of an Argyllshire Drover 5. Flailing in Argyll 6. The Tacksmen and their successors: a study of tenurial reorganisation in Mull, Morven and Tiree in the early 18thcentury 7. Oral Sources for The Social History of the Scottish Highlands and Islands 8. Oral Tradition and Agrarian History in the West Highlands. 9. Donald Sinclair: Oral Tradition of Tiree 10. Donald Morrison: Oral Tradition of Mull 11. Tiree Bards and their Bardachd 12. Oral Tradition and History in a Hebridean Island 13. Tradition and Change in the West Highlands of Scotland 14. Bibliography of Eric R. Cregeen's published works