ISBN:
9780857905956
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (242 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
398.209411
Abstract:
This collection is a classic of the storytelling tradition retold in a simple, dramatic style. It presents stories which are drawn from traditions in various parts of Scotland from Islay to Inveraray and Orkney to the Lowlands.
Abstract:
Intro -- Copyright page -- Title page -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO THE 1975 EDITION -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- THE WELL AT THE WORLD'S END (Islay) -- RASHIE COAT (Dumfriesshire) -- PRINCE IAIN (Argyllshire) -- THE FLEA AND THE LOUSE (Shetland) -- WHUPPITY STOORIE (Dumfriesshire) -- THE FAIRY-WIFE AND THE COOKING-POT (Barra) -- THE MAIDEN FAIR AND THE FOUNTAIN FAIRY (Dumfriesshire) -- THE TALE OF THE SOLDIER (Inveraray) -- THE FECKLESS ONES (Ross-shire) -- PIPPETY PEW (Lowlands) -- THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY (Lowlands) -- ROBIN REIDBREIST AND THE WRAN (Ayrshire) -- THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS (Argyllshire) -- THE GOOD HOUSEWIFE (Argyllshire) -- THE KING OF LOCHLIN'S THREE DAUGHTERS (Inveraray) -- THE WIFE AND HER BUSH OF BERRIES (Lowlands) -- BROWNIE THE COW (Aberdeenshire) -- HOW THE COCK GOT THE BETTER OF THE FOX (Barra) -- THE SMITH AND THE FAIRIES (Islay) -- THE GAEL AND THE LONDON BAILLIE'S DAUGHTER (Benbecula) -- THE WEE BANNOCK (Ayrshire) -- THE BROWN BEAR OF THE GREEN GLEN (West Highlands) -- FATHER WREN AND HIS TWELVE SONS (Argyllshire) -- MALLY WHUPPIE (Aberdeenshire) -- THE WHITE PET (Islay) -- BIG FOX AND LITTLE FOX (Wester Ross) -- THE TALE OF THE HOODIE (Islay) -- THE STOOR WORM (Orkney) -- THE MERMAID (Argyllshire) -- THE WINNING OF HYN-HALLOW (Orkney) -- THE GOODMAN OF WASTNESS (Orkney) -- TAM SCOTT AND THE FIN-MAN (Orkney) -- FARQUHAR THE HEALER (Sutherland and Banffshire) -- JOHNNIE CROY AND THE MERMAID (Orkney) -- THE WIDOW'S SON (South Uist, Outer Hebrides) -- OSCAR AND THE GIANT (Sutherland) -- FINN AND THE YOUNG HERO'S CHILDREN (Argyllshire) -- FINN AND THE GREY DOG (Argyllshire) -- FINN IN THE HOUSE OF THE YELLOW FIELD (Argyllshire) -- GREEN KIRTLE (Barra) -- THE LAST OF THE PICTS (Lowlands) -- MURCHAG AND MIONACHAG (West Highlands) -- PEERIE FOOL (Orkney) -- THE HEN (Barra) -- THE YOUNG KING (Islay) -- THE RED ETIN (Fife).
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