ABSTRACT

Eric R. Cregeen (1921–83)

was described in 2005 by the Historiographer Royal of Scotland as ‘a social scientist of the highest order … a very fine historian and a very fine anthropologist … far in advance of this time … no one since has put the two disciplines together so effectively to illuminate the life of the Highlands.’ (Professor T. C. Smout, University of St Andrew’s). This paper gives a short biography of Cregeen’s life and follows his career that earned him the highest acclaim among scholars of folklore, folklife and language, as well as social, economic and oral history. Benefitting from training from the Irish Folklore Commission, and fieldwork experience in the Manx Museum, he moved to Scotland in 1954. Cregeen devoted the rest of his life to documenting traditions of the West Highlands, leaving a legacy of recordings and journals which now provide a rich resource for further research.

中文翻译：

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回到源头：埃里克·克里琴（Eric R. Cregeen）的民间生活遗产

摘要

埃里克·克里根（1921-83）

苏格兰皇家史学家在2005年将其描述为“最高级别的社会科学家……一位非常出色的历史学家和一位非常出色的人类学家……远远领先于这段时间……从那时起，没有人如此有效地将这两个学科整合在一起高地的生活。” （圣安德鲁大学TC Smout教授）。这篇论文简要介绍了Cregeen的生活，并跟随他的职业生涯，为他赢得了民间文学，民间生活和语言以及社会，经济和口述历史学者的最高评价。得益于爱尔兰民俗委员会的培训以及在Manx博物馆的实地考察经验，他于1954年移居苏格兰。Cregeen的余生致力于记录西高地的传统，