Folklore & legend

The Fairy Helpers of the Braes of Portree

Braes, near Portree, Isle of Skye (position approximate)

Told before 1900

All his family, however, grew up peculiar in their minds. Campbell reports this without comment among other tales of fairy assistance, including the Flodigarry man whose corn was reaped in two nights by fairy help.

Nothing more is recorded of the man or the place.

Evidence
Long-standing local tradition
Access
Access unrecorded
Location
57.370, -6.100 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)

Sources: John Gregorson Campbell, Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (1900), Project Gutenberg [public-domain]

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