Folklore Scotland

On International Women's Day this year, the Scottish Government made a formal apology to the victims of Scotland's witch trials. In this episode, we talk witches of folklore...

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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 Witch of Fife, written by Joanne Fong and read by Rebecca Brown.

Read a written version of the story on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/the-witch-of-fife/

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]

This week on Into The Greenwood Rosie and Cathy have a fascinating discussion about symbolism, mortality, and evil stepmothers in their analysis of The Milk White Doo 🕊️

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]

STORY: https://folklorescotland.com/the-milk-white-doo/

SOURCES

http://www.clg-eluard-chatillon.ac-versailles.fr/IMG/pdf/milk_white_doo.pdf

https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/sfft/sfft05.htm#fn_6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Juniper_Tree_(fairy_tale)

https://byufairytales.wordpress.com/thejunipertree/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3813902

Nothing quite says Valentines Day like a bit of tragedy, and luckily, Scottish folklore has plenty! We decided to theme tonight's episode around the lovers of Scottish folklore, and while there are a couple of tragic tales in there, we do have some happy ones too! ❤️

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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

Tamlin

https://coopercottages.com/3-scottish-tales-of-love-and-romance/

http://tam-lin.org/

http://faeryfolklorist.blogspot.com/2011/06/tam-lin-carterhaugh.html

https://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/1Kids/TamLin.html

https://www.moltensulfur.com/post/2018/03/06/the-legend-of-tam-lin

https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/scotlands-first-fairytale-2463892

White Heather

http://www.rampantscotland.com/gaelic/gaelic_fada_farsaig_heather.htm

https://treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-forest/trees-plants-animals/plants/heather/heather-mythology-and-folklore/

https://brasspaperclip.typepad.com/brass_paperclip/2011/01/legendary-blooms-the-myth-and-lore-of-heather.html

https://darachcroft.com/news/the-symbolism-of-white-heather-in-scotland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvina_(character)

The Lady of the Tower

Legends of North East Scotland, Fenton Wynes

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

Read a written version of the story on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/the-phontom-of-loch-leys/

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]

Rosie and Cathy have a fascinating tale to delve into this week: The Black Bull of Norroway. There's lots to get your teeth into with this one!

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]

STORY: https://folklorescotland.com/the-black-bull-of-norroway/

SOURCES

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

https://www.jstor.org/stable/43499258

https://1library.net/article/heroine-tales-search-lost-husband.qod9or7z

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433088071349&view=1up&seq=212&q1=%22bright%20falcon%22

https://www.foxearth.org.uk/oxen.html

https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/68/fairy-tales-and-other-traditional-stories/4857/billy-beg-and-his-bull/

https://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/English_folktale_102.html#gsc.tab=0

https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/meft/meft06.htm

Welcome to Campfire Tales! Every two weeks you can enjoy a short story read by one of our contributors. This week we have The Red Etin, written and read by Graeme Johncock!

Read a written version of the story on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/the-red-etin/

Read more Scottish stories over at Graeme's website and social media!

scotlands-stories.com/

www.instagram.com/scotlands_stories/

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

www.linleybarba.com/

Check out our socials to keep in the loop!
facebook.com/FolkloreScotland


twitter.com/FolkloreScot


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]

While the Folklore Scotland Podcast was officially launched on the Summer Solstice this year, we began our journey by recording trial episodes every two weeks, the first of which was released on 21st December 2020! To celebrate a whole year of fabulous folkloric content, we reached out to our listeners on Instagram and asked them to send us questions to answer in this episode.

Thank you to everyone who submitted questions, everyone who listens to our podcast each week and each and every one of our amazing contributors!

We'll be taking a short break over the festive season but will return with an episode of Campfire Tales on 24th January!

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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]

Welcome to Campfire Tales! Every two weeks you can enjoy a short story read by one of our contributors. This week we have Mallie and the Trow, written and read by Graeme Johncock!

Read more Scottish stories over at Graeme's website and social media!

scotlands-stories.com/

www.instagram.com/scotlands_stories/

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

www.linleybarba.com/

Check out our socials to keep in the loop!
facebook.com/FolkloreScotland


twitter.com/FolkloreScot


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]

This week on Into The Greenwood, Rosie and Cathy are delving into The Water Horse of Barra in an exploration of the question: what is folklore? It’s a fascinating discussion and a bit longer than our usual podcast, so grab yourself a hot drink and settle in for a trip into the Greenwood…

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 🌳

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]

STORY: https://www.greatbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/TheWaterHorseofBarra_OER_FINAL.pdf

SOURCES


https://writinginmargins.weebly.com/home/the-water-horse-of-barra

https://www.greatbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/TheWaterHorseofBarra_OER_FINAL.pdf

https://folklorescotland.com/the-kelpies-chimney/

https://www.amazon.com/Celtic-Breeze-Otherworld-Scotland-Hardcover/dp/1563087782

https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/30/the-story-of-slenderman-the-internets-own-monster/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABvRU29Y29x-fKV9uxqoLKthWbQkGxieYdM2haYth8IudDbUSVyjUYA3iTWL3VZkE94d_5Fp6re9GD0eVcvgzP4C6MhcV3oNnwheRyhdYaM33KK7RCQSg-2J0O3c-lnWrwCdsXxqi5Gw2Ip_hs4Fh43ecYaHbT8X3ZmzwgbChP-5