Walter Gregor

He obtained an MA at King's College, Aberdeen, then took the position of Master at Macduff Parish School, in a small village on Moray Firth.

[1] Gregor completed his degree in divinity at the age of 32, and a series of earlier appointments led to his placement in 1863 at the Parish of Pitsligo by Queen Victoria.

Gregor's field collections and writing were often focused on archaeology and folklore, but his interest and publications extended to a wide range of subjects.

To know this book is to recognise its value as a transcript of the superstitions and traditions of a district rich in remains of the past up to that time unrecorded.

Frequent communications to the Folk-Lore Society and to the Société des Traditions Populaires, of which he was also a member, attest his continued industry.