22 NETHER LOCHABER. 



any other spot, howe or knowe, in the country, and the lacteal 

 riches imbibed by the soil through this custom is even now visible 

 in the vivid emerald green of a shian or fairy knoll whenever it is 

 pointed out to you. This custom of pouring lacteal libations to 

 the fairies on a particular spot deemed sacred to them, was known 

 and practised at some of the summer shielings in Lochaber within 

 the memory of the people now living. 



