Download or read book Perthshire Folk Tales written by Lindsey Gibb and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytellers Lindsey Gibb & C.A. Hope bring together stories from Perthshire, the heart of Scotland, with its bleak moors and majestic mountains, rushing rivers and great woodlands. In this treasure trove of tales you will meet witches and faeries, black dogs and dragons, the Cailleach and those mysterious painted people, the Picts – all as fantastical and powerful as the landscape they inhabit. Retold in an engaging style, and richly illustrated with unique line drawings, these humorous, clever and enchanting folk tales are sure to be enjoyed and shared time and again.
Download or read book Perthshire in History and Legend written by Archie McKerracher and published by John Donald. This book was released on 1988 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Perthshire is one of the most fascinating of Scottish counties and is particularly rich in tradition and history. This book explores some of the remarkable stories of this ancient land, many of them for the first time. They include the prophecies of the Lady of Lawers, all now fulfilled except the most fearful; the lost treasure of the Legions; the unknown girl who became Empress of Morocco; the remarkable rise of the House of Breadalbane to the greatest landowners in Britain and how it all disappeared; the Macnabs' Revenge; - such as Robert the Bruce and his founding of a chapel at Strathfillan after the Battle of Bannockburn, the Macnabs' revenge; the incredible pistols of Doune, made entirely from horseshoe nails; thwe ghost of Meggernie Castle; and many other facinating stories, both historical and traditional."--Back cover.
Download or read book The Anthology of Scottish Folk Tales written by Donald Smith and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press' popular Folk Tales series, herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers. From the Spaeman's peculiar advice and a laird who is transformed into a frog, to a fugitive hiding in a dark cave and the stoor worm battling with Assipattle, this book celebrates the distinct character of Scotland's different customs, beliefs, and dialects, and is a treat for all who enjoy a well-told story.
Download or read book Scottish Folk Tales for Children written by Judy Paterson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A giant sea monster ... trees that can dance ... a water-horse ... a girl so clever she outwits a giant ... Welcome to the world of the Scottish folk tale – a world of talking animals, mischief-making witches, giants, trolls, bold girls, reckless boys and, of course, the Wee Folk. These stories – specially chosen to be enjoyed by 7 to 11-year-old readers – burst with adventure and glitter with magic. As old as the mountains and the glens, these well- loved tales are retold by storyteller Judy Paterson.
Download or read book Wee Folk Tales written by Donald Smith and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2020-04-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories are about the wee folk of Scotland, told afresh for everyone including, today's wee people. Collected here are stories from all over Scotland. Many were first published in the nineteenth and twentieth century, but all have been influenced by being told and retold, shaped and reshaped as they pass from storyteller to storyteller. Whether you're introducing a wee bairn to these stories for the first time or you're not-so-wee and reading them to yourself, you'll find plenty to love in these charming Scots folk tales.
Download or read book The Well at the World s End written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Forgotten Heritage written by Hannah Aitken and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scottish Folk Tales written by Ruth Manning-Sanders and published by . This book was released on 1990-08-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scottish Folk Tales written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Folk Lore in Lowland Scotland written by Evelyn Blantyre Simpson and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highland Folk Tales written by Bob Pegg and published by History Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published as part of the successful Folk Tales series. Combines well-known legends with previously unpublished stories. Compiled by a popular and well-known local storyteller. The Highlands of Scotland are rich in traditional stories. Even today, in the modern world of internet and supermarkets, old legends dating as far back as the times of the Gaels, Picts and Vikings are still told at night around the fireside. They are tales of the sidh--the fairy people--and their homes in the green hills; of great and gory battles, and of encounters with the last wolves in Britain; of solitary ghosts, and of supernatural creatures like the sinister waterhorse, the mermaid, and the Fuath Scotland's own Bigfoot. In a vivid journey through the Highland landscape, from the towns and villages to the remotest places, by mountains, cliffs, peatland and glen, storyteller and folklorist Bob Pegg takes the reader along old and new roads to places where legend and landscape are inseparably linked.
Download or read book Folk Tales From Scotland written by Philippa Galloway and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Flight of the Golden Bird written by Duncan Williamson and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duncan Williamson, one of Scotland's Travelling People, has been celebrated as the bearer of Scotland's greatest national treasure: the richest trove of story and song in Europe. In this collection, he passes on some of these wonderful children's folk and fairy tales, collected from sixty years of travelling around Scotland. This collection includes stories about silver horses and golden birds, cunning lions and trilling nightingales, brave princesses and magic scarecrows, the four seasons and old Father Time. At the heart of each story is a lesson about life and what it means to be a good person. The stories have been written down as faithfully as possible to Duncan's unique storytelling voice, full of colour, humour and life.
Download or read book Popular Tales of the West Highlands written by John Francis Campbell and published by Birlinn Publishers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of two volumes that contain the popular folk tales of John Francis Campbell. This book was first published in 1860/1861.
Download or read book Lanarkshire Folk Tales written by Allison Galbraith and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a cantankerous brownie in Dolphinton to the vampire with iron teeth who terrorised Glasgow, this collection of tales spans fourteen centuries of Lanarkshire's history and happenings. Here you will find the legends of William Wallace's love and loss in Lanark and Saint Mungo's bitter feud with the Pagan hierarchy and Druids, alongside totemic animals, unique Scottish flora and fauna, warlocks, herb-wives and elfin trickery. Allison Galbraith combines storytelling expertise with two decades of folklore research to present this beguiling collection of Lanarkshire stories, suitable for adults and older children.
Download or read book Folk Tales from Scotland written by Philippa Fendall Wendell Stewart countess of Galloway and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lore of Scotland written by Sophia Kingshill and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland's rich past and varied landscape have inspired an extraordinary array of legends and beliefs, and in The Lore of Scotland Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill bring together many of the finest and most intriguing: stories of heroes and bloody feuds, tales of giants, fairies, and witches, and accounts of local customs and traditions. Their range extends right across the country, from the Borders with their haunting ballads, via Glasgow, site of St Mungo's miracles, to the fateful battlefield of Culloden, and finally to the Shetlands, home of the seal-people. More than simply retelling these stories, The Lore of Scotland explores their origins, showing how and when they arose and investigating what basis - if any - they have in historical fact. In the process, it uncovers the events that inspired Shakespeare's Macbeth, probes the claim that Mary King's Close is the most haunted street in Edinburgh, and examines the surprising truth behind the fame of the MacCrimmons, Skye's unsurpassed bagpipers. Moreover, it reveals how generations of Picts, Vikings, Celtic saints and Presbyterian reformers shaped the myriad tales that still circulate, and, from across the country, it gathers together legends of such renowned figures as Sir William Wallace, St Columba, and the great warrior Fingal. The result is a thrilling journey through Scotland's legendary past and an endlessly fascinating account of the traditions and beliefs that play such an important role in its heritage.
