THE
PROPHECIES
OF THE
BRAHAN SEER
(COINNEACH ODHAR FIOSAICHE).
BY
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, F.S.A. Scot.,
EDITOR OF THE “CELTIC MAGAZINE”; AUTHOR OF “THE HISTORY OF THEMACKENZIES,” “THE HISTORY OF THE MACDONALDS AND LORDS OF THEISLES,” ETC., ETC.
Fourth Edition—Much Enlarged.
WITH AN
APPENDIX ON THE SUPERSTITION OF
THE HIGHLANDERS,
BY
THE REV. ALEXANDER MACGREGOR, M.A.
INVERNESS:
A. & W. MACKENZIE, “Celtic Magazine” Office.
1888.
THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS:
JOHN THOMSON AND J. F. THOMSON, M.A.
DEDICATION TO FIRST EDITION.
TO MY REVERED FRIEND,
THE REV. ALEXANDER MACGREGOR, M.A.,
Of the West Church, Inverness, as a humble tribute of myadmiration of his many virtues, his genial nature, and hismanly Celtic spirit. He has kept alive the smoulderingembers of our Celtic Literature for half a century by hiscontributions, under the signature of “Sgiathanach,” “AlastairRuadh,” and others, to the Teachdaire Gaidhealach,Cuairtear nan Gleann, Fear Tathaich nan Beann, AnGaidheal, The Highlander; and, latterly, his varied andinteresting articles in the Celtic Magazine have done muchto secure to that Periodical its present, and rapidly increasing,popularity. He has now the pleasing satisfaction, in hisripe and mellow old age, of seeing the embers, which he solong and so carefully fostered, shining forth in the full blazeof a general admiration of the long despised and ignoredLiterature of his countrymen; and to him no small share ofthe honour is due.
That he may yet live many years in the enjoyment ofhealth and honour, is the sincere desire of many a Highlander,and of none more so, than of his sincere friend,
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE.
Inverness, May, 1877.
PREFACE.
The Second Edition of the “Prophecies” has long beenout of print, stray copies of it selling at more than doublethe published price. We now place another edition, considerablyextended, and much improved in every respect,at the disposal of the public, at a lower price.
Fifty Large paper copies are thrown off, printed on thickCrown Quarto, giving a handsome margin, and makingaltogether a handsome unique volume for the Library,or the Drawing-room table, of a work which the Scotsman,and all the press of the country, “recommended to thelovers of the marvellous as a sweet morsel”.
On the 19th of October, 1881, the author of the Appendixon “The Superstition of the Highlanders” passed over themajority, regretted and loved by all who knew him.
A. M.
Inverness, June, 1882.