Body, Mind & Spirit Supernatural
Listening for the Dead Bells
- Publisher
- Island Studies Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2019
- Category
- Supernatural, Unexplained Phenomena, General, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781988692296
- Publish Date
- Sep 2019
- List Price
- $18.95
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Description
Mysterious lights, howling dogs, ringing sounds in the ear: these omens of death are part of a treasury of supernatural beliefs transmitted through centuries and across the Atlantic Ocean. Part memoir, part oral history—the author reflects on stories about bad fairies, witch control, ghosts, second sight, divination, healing incantations, attitudes toward death, and other links between Prince Edward Island and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
About the author
Marian Bruce, a former journalist, is the author of six books and editor/ghost writer of many others. Her book on farm horses, Remembering Old Dan, won the PEI Book of the Year Award for non-fiction in 2012. A descendant of 19th-century immigrants from the Isle of Skye, she grew up in a community influenced by Highland customs, beliefs, music, and supernatural tales. After decades of working in cities across Canada, she now lives in High Bank, in the farmhouse where she was born and raised.
