I've been wracking my brain (is that a Spanish Inquisition term?) over a subject for a new thread, when I remembered a curious little book I picked up in Connecticut last summer.

It is The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer, by Alexander Mackenzie (small "k" is on purpose). The Brahan Seer was Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche aka Kenneth Mackenzie. This copy was published in 1972, and is an exact of the original with modern footnotes, maps, and illustrations added, as well as a forward by The Countess of Sutherland. The first accounting of his prophecies, that my book is a copy of, was published in 1899. He was burned at the stake as a supposed witch on orders of the Countess of Seaforth in the middle of the 17th century.

I haven't finished reading it, yet, but apparently his prophecies were well-known and believed by such notables as Sir Walter Scott, Sir Humphrey Davy, Lockhart, and others.

What I am wondering is if there were any songs written about him. I'm sure there must have been. I will check the DT, but I thought it was somehting interesting anyway, so went ahead and started a thread. Hey, at least I'm specific! No CDH for ME!

Thanks,

kat