Folklore Scotland

There are plenty of unsettling creatures in Scottish folklore, but none quite like The Boneless...

Into The Greenwood is the segment of the podcast where our hosts Rosie and Cathy take an in-depth look into the themes and variants of a single folktale 🌳

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Folklore Scotland is a Scottish registered charity whose aim is to connect the tales of the past with the technology of today. You can visit our website and explore your local folklore at www.folklorescotland.com. If you would like to become one of our voluntary contributors or would like to get in touch, email us at [email protected]

SOURCES

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20211022-why-were-so-terrified-of-the-unknown

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Boneless_(folklore)

https://archive.org/stream/BriggsKatharineMaryAnEncyclopediaOfFairies/Briggs%20Katharine%20Mary%20-%20An%20encyclopedia%20of%20fairies_djvu.txt

https://www.scaryforkids.com/boneless/

https://www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk/selcie/2017/03/10/jessie-saxby-1842-1940-shetlands-first-childrens-writer/#_edn4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Saxby

Welcome to Campfire Tales! Every two weeks you can enjoy a short story read by one of our contributors. This week we have Bruce and the Spider, written and read by Rebecca White!

Read the story on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/bruce-and-the-spider/

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Folklore Scotland is a Scottish registered charity whose aim is to connect the tales of the past with the technology of today. You can visit our website and explore your local folklore at www.folklorescotland.com. If you would like to become one of our voluntary contributors or would like to get in touch, email us at [email protected]

There is so much folklore in Scotland's highlands and islands - in this episode of The Crannog we chat about four highlander and islander stories!

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www.instagram.com/scotlands_stories/

Folklore Scotland is a Scottish registered charity whose aim is to connect the tales of the past with the technology of today. You can visit our website and explore your local folklore at www.folklorescotland.com. If you would like to become one of our voluntary contributors or would like to get in touch, email us at [email protected]

Welcome to Campfire Tales! Every two weeks you can enjoy a short story read by one of our contributors. This week we have Sarah's Second Sight, written and read by David White!

Read the story on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/sarahs-second-sight/

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Folklore Scotland is a Scottish registered charity whose aim is to connect the tales of the past with the technology of today. You can visit our website and explore your local folklore at www.folklorescotland.com. If you would like to become one of our voluntary contributors or would like to get in touch, email us at [email protected]

Welcome to Campfire Tales! Every two weeks you can enjoy a short story read by one of our contributors. This week we have The Inheritance, read by David White!

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Thank you to Linley for providing the fabulous artwork for this series!

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Folklore Scotland is a Scottish registered charity whose aim is to connect the tales of the past with the technology of today. You can visit our website and explore your local folklore at www.folklorescotland.com. If you would like to become one of our voluntary contributors or would like to get in touch, email us at [email protected]

This week, Rosie and Cathy delve into the world of Jacobites, with a special focus on everyone's favourite way to round off a wedding - Loch Lomond.

Into The Greenwood is the segment of the podcast where our hosts Rosie and Cathy take an in-depth look into the themes and variants of a single folktale 🌳

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Folklore Scotland is a Scottish registered charity whose aim is to connect the tales of the past with the technology of today. You can visit our website and explore your local folklore at www.folklorescotland.com. If you would like to become one of our voluntary contributors or would like to get in touch, email us at [email protected]

SOURCES

https://www.classical-music.com/features/works/skye-boat-song-lyrics/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bonnie_Banks_o%27_Loch_Lomond

https://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/view/?id=16612

https://www.hpb.co.uk/blogs/whats-your-tartan

https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/myth-buster-was-tartan-really-banned-after-culloden-597252

https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/luve

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hogg

https://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~lwittie/sca/song/folk/loch_lomond.html

https://archives.thepipingcentre.co.uk/publications/piping-times/issue/piping-times-october-1971?page=23&search_query=loch%20lomond

https://archives.thepipingcentre.co.uk/publications-search?issue_pages%5Bquery%5D=loch%20lomond&issue_pages%5Brange%5D%5Bissue_publication_date_timestamp%5D=8552671%3A136948645

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH9VC0Ln0Hw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_bonnet_(hat)

https://electricscotland.com/poetry/poets

https://electricscotland.com/poetry/poets/index.htm

http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/l/lolomond.html

https://archive.org/details/brownsbookstalln02aber/page/n667/mode/2up?q=%22wee+birdies+sing%22

https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=9274#59678

https://archive.org/details/vocalmelodiesofs00gown/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater

https://www.lochlomondtrossachs.org.uk/park-stories/loch-lomond-song?showall=1

Welcome to Campfire Tales! Every two weeks you can enjoy a short story read by one of our contributors. This week we have The Cruel Brother, written by Liana Paraschaki and read by Rebecca Brown!

Read the story on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/the-cruel-brother/

Support our work on Kofi: ko-fi.com/folklorescotland

Thank you to Linley for providing the fabulous artwork for this series!

www.linleybarba.com/

Check out our socials to keep in the loop!
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instagram.com/folklorescotland/

Folklore Scotland is a Scottish registered charity whose aim is to connect the tales of the past with the technology of today. You can visit our website and explore your local folklore at www.folklorescotland.com. If you would like to become one of our voluntary contributors or would like to get in touch, email us at [email protected]

Folklore has worked its way into all aspects of life, especially pop culture! This week on the Crannog we're looking at film and TV such as The Water Horse, Lord of the Rings, and Macbeth and discussing their folklorish influences.

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For more Scottish stories, check out Graeme's website and socials!

scotlands-stories.com/

www.instagram.com/scotlands_stories/

Folklore Scotland is a Scottish registered charity whose aim is to connect the tales of the past with the technology of today. You can visit our website and explore your local folklore at www.folklorescotland.com. If you would like to become one of our voluntary contributors or would like to get in touch, email us at [email protected]

SOURCES

The Water Horse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water_Horse:_Legend_of_the_Deep

Lord of the Rings

https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Fa%C3%ABrie_(term)

https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Fairies

https://www.timelessmyths.com/mythology/elf-vs-fairy/

https://folklorethursday.com/creative-corner/riddles-heroes-and-folktales-come-true-folklore-in-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings/

https://www.nordicvisitor.com/blog/mythical-scotland-exploring-the-legends/

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Origins-of-Fairies/

https://www.scotland.com/blog/faeries-in-scottish-folklore/

Brave

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Brave#:~:text=Brave%20is%20a%202012%20American,and%20co%2Ddirected%20by%20Purcell.

https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/will-o-the-wisp/

Welcome to Campfire Tales! Every two weeks you can enjoy a short story read by one of our contributors. This week we have The Sprightly Tailor, written by Joseph Jacobs and read by Rebecca Brown!

Read the story on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/the-sprightly-tailor/

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Thank you to Linley for providing the fabulous artwork for this series!

www.linleybarba.com/

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Folklore Scotland is a Scottish registered charity whose aim is to connect the tales of the past with the technology of today. You can visit our website and explore your local folklore at www.folklorescotland.com. If you would like to become one of our voluntary contributors or would like to get in touch, email us at [email protected]

Welcome to Campfire Tales! Every two weeks you can enjoy a short story read by one of our contributors. This week we have Angus, Bride, and Beira, written by Liana Paraschaki and read by Rebecca Brown!

The podcast is taking a brief hiatus for Christmas and will be back with Campfire Tales on 9th January. Merry Christmas if you celebrate, and a happy new year when it comes!

Support our work on Kofi: ko-fi.com/folklorescotland

Thank you to Linley for providing the fabulous artwork for this series!

www.linleybarba.com/

Check out our socials to keep in the loop!
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Folklore Scotland is a Scottish registered charity whose aim is to connect the tales of the past with the technology of today. You can visit our website and explore your local folklore at www.folklorescotland.com. If you would like to become one of our voluntary contributors or would like to get in touch, email us at [email protected]