Scottish Folk Tales
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| Author | Ruth Manning-Sanders |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | William Stobbs |
| Cover artist | William Stobbs |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fairy Tales |
| Publisher | Methuen & Co. Ltd. |
| Released | 1976 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 128 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-416-82580-X |
Scottish Folk Tales is a 1976 anthology of 18 fairy tales from Scotland that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. In the foreword, the author writes, "[T]hey are age-old stories, and come from various parts of Scotland." Some of the tales, she continues, come from John o' Groats, the Orkney Islands and the Border country, among other areas.
[edit] Table of contents
- Foreword
- 1. My own self
- 2. The Laird of Co
- 3. The shadow
- 4. The wee bit mousikie
- 5. Green caps
- 6. The Well at the World's End
- 7. The seal-wife
- 8. The little wee man
- 9. The Black Bull of Norroway
- 10. Whirra whirra bump!
- 11. Mester Stoorworm
- 12. Flitting
- 13. The Loch Ness Kelpie
- 14. Short Hoggers
- 15. Seven Inches
- 16. In a sack
- 17. The seal-hunter and the mermen
- 18. The Strange Visitor
- Note: Inconsistencies in the capitalization of various title words are correct, per the book's contents page.
