John Dewar (1802, Glen-na-Callanach, Tarbert, Loch Lomond – 13 December 1872, Dumbarton) was a woodsman, self-taught scholar, and folklore collector. He was one of the collectors working for the Popular Tales of the West Highlands compiled and edited by John Francis Campbell.
Reprints in Erskine’s Periodicals
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- ‘Mogan Dearg Mac Iachair’ [folktale with commentary, GD; transcribed by John Dewar], Volume X, Issue 1 (Winter 1913)
- ‘An t-Uirsgeul aig na Righrean, Righ na h-Iuraibhinn agus Righ nan Ailp’ [folktale with commentary, GD; transcribed by John Dewar], Volume XIII, Issue 1 (Spring 1916)
Resources
- Ronald Black & Christopher Dracup (eds.), John Dewar’s Islay, Jura and Colonsay (John Dewar Publishers, 2024)
- ‘Blar Traigh Ghruinneaird,’ DASG