James Hogg in Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scottish Borders - between in the middle of the 1770's and in the beginning of the 1800's
from The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Legendary Ballads and Tales … to which is prefixed a Memoir of the Author’s Life, Written by Himself. 3rd ed. , pages xxv:
In 1802, “The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border” came into my hands; and, though I was even astonished to find such exact copies of many old songs, which I had heard sung by people who never could read a song, but got them handed down by tradition—and likewise at the conformity of the notes to the traditions and superstitions, which are, even to this day, far from being eradicated from the minds of the people amongst our mountains—yet, I confess, I was not satisfied with many of the imitations of the ancients.
James Hogg, The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Legendary Ballads and Tales … to which is prefixed a Memoir of the Author’s Life, Written by Himself. 3rd ed. (Edinburgh, 1821), p. xxv. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1660915863750 accessed: 19 April, 2024
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| Date/Time | between in the middle of the 1770's and in the beginning of the 1800's |
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Notes
The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border’ was edited by Sir Walter Scott, one of many Scottish literary figures to befriend Hogg and support his writing career. He contributed material to Scott’s publication. Hogg was self-educated and, like his mother, collected traditional Scottish ballads which form the bulk of his 1821 publication ‘The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Legendary Ballads and Tales … to which is prefixed a Memoir of the Author’s Life, Written by Himself’.