Word: raasay
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...himself as well; asked if he would not start if he saw a ghost, he answered, "I hope not. If I did, I should frighten the ghost." But if the tour aroused Johnson's antic side, it aroused his antiquarian side even more. On the islands - Raasay and Skye and Mull - there were still feudal forms of life, clans and chieftains, Macdonalds and MacLeods and Macleans. There were ruins and grottoes, homely customs, and high ritualized hospitality. Johnson per ambulated, gazed and pontificated. He could also be playful as well as sententious. When a young bride...
Gaelic Songs.--(Miss Pratt): Hebridean Islands (arranged by Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser): Kishmul's Galley, A Harris Love Lament, A Raasay Lilt, Milking Croon, Spinning Song, Tir-Nan-Og, A. Hebridean Sea-reiver's Song...
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