Never brush a Kelpie's hair... in this episode of Into The Greenwood, Rosie and Cathy look into the possible interpretations of The Kelpie and the Water Bull!

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 🌳

CONTENT WARNING: This episode explores themes of sexual assault.

You can find a written version of this week's tale on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/the-kelpie-and-the-water-bull/

Thanks to Linley for this week's stunning artwork! You can find Linley on Instagram @penandwand or on her website:

http://www.linleybarba.com/

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SOURCES

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Each-uisge

https://folkrealmstudies.weebly.com/-scottish-legends-the-each-uisge.html

https://www.scotclans.com/scotland/scottish-myths/scottish-monsters/kelpie/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogryOlryHu8

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

https://www.scotclans.com/scotland/scottish-myths/scottish-monsters/kelpie/?fbclid=IwAR3jf-Lzlb6NzeMaTTor2LoC7zOdbUxEQHBS5RezVO-FMSh2D-KqQIZyTTk

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

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

www.linleybarba.com/

Read this week's story on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/the-thunder-hag/

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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]

It wouldn't be Scottish folklore without a monster or two, and Graeme, Mila, Roisin and Rebecca have crammed four of them into this episode. This week, hear all about a haunting washerwoman, rap battles with the Blue Men, a vampire who prowled the streets of 1950's Glasgow, and a loch monster who woke up and chose violence.

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SOURCES

Gorbals Vampire

https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/gorbals-vampire-and-monster-hunt-shook-glasgow-1480233

https://glasgow2024.org/2020/10/the-harrowing-hunt-for-the-gorbals-vampire/

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_gorbals_vampire_the_child-eating_monster_that_terrorized_glasgow_in_the

Blue Men of Minch

SONG: https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotlandsings/nos-ur-gravity-view/entry/338/

Bean Nighehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean-nighe

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

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/balintore/fearnabbey/index.html

https://www.scotclans.com/scotland/scottish-myths/supernatural-scotland/bean-nighe/

https://www.spookyisles.com/bean-nighe-celtic-washerwoman/

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Bean_Nighe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPckPQq-AXo

https://clan.com/blog/folklore-friday-the-bean-nighe

https://uncoveringscotland.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/bean-nighe-washer-woman/

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

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

www.linleybarba.com/

Read this week's story on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/the-swan-of-loch-sunart/

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Delve Into The Greenwood and the world of The Twa Sisters with Rosie and Cathy. In this episode, we're taking an in-depth look at a folktale where sibling rivalry takes a turn both fatal and gruesome.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode explores themes of murder and body horror.

Thanks to Rosie and Cathy for presenting this week and to Linley for this week's stunning artwork!

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SOURCES

The Folklore Podcast – Episode 44 ‘Grind the Corn’ – Guest lecture from Jeremy Heart

Pitman, Joanna (2003), On Blondes, New York City and London: Bloomsbury, ISBN 978-1-58234-402-7

Marshall, C. W. (2006), The Stagecraft and Performance of Roman Comedy, Cambridge, England: Cambirdge Unviversity Press, ISBN 978-0-521-86161-8

Sherrow, Victoria (2006), "Hair color", Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History, Westport, Connecticut and London, ISBN 978-0-313-33145-9

Milliken, Roberta (2012), Ambiguous Locks: An Iconology of Hair in Medieval Art and Literature, Jefferson, North Carolina and London, England: MacFarlane & Company, Inc., Publishers, ISBN 978-0-7864-4870-8

Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures, "Golden Hair", p. 194. ISBN 0-394-73467-X

Six, Abigail Lee (2014), "Chapter Five: Spinning Straw into Gold: Blond Hair and the Autobiographical Illusion in the Fiction of Esther Tusquets", in Molinaro, Nina L.; Pertusa-Seva, Inmaculada (eds.), Esther Tusquets: Scholarly Correspondences, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4438-5908-0

https://www.springthyme.co.uk/ballads/balladtexts/10_TwaSisters.html

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

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

www.linleybarba.com/

Read this week's story on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/the-frog-prince/

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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 the first episode of The Crannog, where a small panel of presenters sit down for a chat about various folktales on a specific theme!

This week, we're talking art with Pictish jewellery, a stone that may or may not depict a Scottish Guinivere, a painting featuring 165 fairies by Joseph Noel Paton, and a majestic procession of Sidhe by John Duncan. Stay tuned for some brilliant insights and check out all of the artworks discussed on our social media.

Thanks to Rebecca, David, Mila and Roisin for presenting this week.

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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]

ARTWORKS DISCUSSED

- Vanora's Stone, Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum

- The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania by Joseph Noel Paton

- The Riders of the Sidhe by John Duncan

SOURCES

Vanora's Stone

https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15071/1/521889_vol1.pdf

https://www.abctales.com/story/angusfolklore/king-arthur-angus-and-gowrie-constantine-king-and-saint

https://m.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7915

https://arthurianscotland.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/vanoras-stone/

https://chisper256891285.wordpress.com/2019/06/17/537-the-battle-of-camlan/

https://commonculture.org.uk/places-barry-hill-fort/

http://wightonfamily.ca/genealogy/towns/meigle.html

https://cateranecomuseum.co.uk/site/vanoras-mound/

http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/picts/symbolstones.htm

The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/5264/quarrel-oberon-and-titania

https://greatscottishart.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/6-joseph-noel-paton-the-quarrel-of-oberon-and-titania/

https://engole.info/the-quarrel-of-oberon-and-titania/

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Sir_Joseph_Noel_Paton_-_The_Quarrel_of_Oberon_and_Titania_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg

Welcome to Campfire Tales! Every two weeks, enjoy a short storytelling episode, this week covering Michael Scott and the White Snake, written and read by Graeme Johncock!

You can visit Graeme's website at https://scotlands-stories.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scotlands_stories/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Scotlands-Stories-129245792328477

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

http://www.linleybarba.com/

Read this week's story on our website:https://folklorescotland.com/michael-scott-the-white-snake/

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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]

After six months of trial episodes, we are delighted to officially launch The Folklore Scotland Podcast! To celebrate the exciting journey we've been on, and the new chapter ahead, presenters from each of our podcast teams came together in a special episode to discuss the story so far.

Episode dates to look out for:

28th June - Campfire Tales

5th July - The Crannog

12th July - Campfire Tales

19th July - Into The Greenwood

A huge thanks to the whole podcasting team for helping to make this launch all it could be, from sending in videos to coming on this episode. A couple of our contributors couldn't be with us, but thank you to Joanne, Taylor and Linley for all your work behind the scenes!

A big thanks to Linley for providing the cover art for every single one of our episodes, and putting together the fantastic collage for this one.

Linley Barba:
www.linleybarba.com/
www.instagram.com/penandwand/

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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]

Scotland’s answer to Cinderella takes a number of interesting turns! Settle down with a cuppa as Rosie and Cathy explore the world of Rashiecoats!

Read the story from this episode on our website: https://folklorescotland.com/rashiecoats/

Thanks to Taylor and Joanne for your research this episode and a big thanks to Linley for providing the cover art for this episode!

Linley Barba:
www.linleybarba.com/
www.instagram.com/penandwand/

Celtic Impulse by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3484-celtic-impulse

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-o%27-Rushes

https://electricscotland.com/culture/features/scots/rashie_coat.htm

https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2015/02/lolly-willows.html

https://tracscotland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Rashiecoats-Scots.pdf