A collection of traditional Nova Scotian folktales, superstitions and home remedies compiled by the Canadian folklorist and author of┬аBluenose Ghosts. ┬а
Beginning in 1928, Dr. Helen Creighton traveled across her native Nova Scotia seeking out and recording its rich heritage in the form of ghost stories, folktales, and folksongs. She first shared her findings in 1957 with the collection┬аBluenose Ghosts, and followed its success eleven years later with┬аBluenose Magic, both of which are considered classics of Maritime literature. ┬а
This fascinating volume welcomes readers into a supernatural world of witchcraft, enchantment, and buried treasure. It shares stories of the regionтАЩs indigenous MiтАЩkmaq people as well as variations of tales brought over from Europe. Here too are folk remedies, dream interpretation, divination, superstitions, and more that has been passed on from generation to generation of Nova ScotiaтАЩs families