Folklore Scotland

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/

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]

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/

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]

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

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]

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

We’re looking at three changeling stories this week!

TW/child abuse. Please skip to 6:50 if you would like to avoid this discussion.

The Smith and the Fairies: https://folklorescotland.com/the-smith-and-the-fairies/

The Laird of Balmachie’s Wife: https://folklorescotland.com/elementor-430/

Thanks to Linley for providing the cover art for this episode!

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

For more fantastic stories about Scotland, be sure to check out Graeme's website! https://scotlands-stories.com/

Celtic Impulse by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

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]

SOURCES

https://sites.google.com/site/goodwhiskytastingsbelgium/home/history/legends-and-tales/the-laird-of-balmachie-s-wife 

https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/the-laird-of-balmachies-wife/#:~:text=This%20tale%20involves%20a%20fairy,of%20Scotland%20by%20W.W%20Gribbins. 

https://fairytalez.com/the-laird-of-balmachies-wife/ 

https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2020/12/06/clouds-of-fairies-evidence-of-fairy-swarms/ 

Sir Walter Scott, "On the Fairies of Popular Superstition" (Introduction to "The Tale of Tamlane," Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Poetic Works (Edinburgh: Ballantyne, 1833), vol. 2, pp. 321-323. 

Ashlimann, D, “Changeling Legends from the British Isles”, a collection of changeling stories found at http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/britchange.html

Sugg, Richard, “Fairies: A Dangerous History”, (Reaktion Books, 2018) in Fairy Scapegoats: A History of the Persecution of Changeling Children, https://longreads.com/2018/06/08/fairy-scapegoats-a-history-of-the-persecution-of-changeling-children/

In this week’s podcast, Rosie and Cathy look into the world of the Seal Hunter and the Merman and consider its Victorian influences…

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

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]

SOURCES

https://theses.cz/id/noipuy/DP_hana_zamecnickova.pdf

(15 Theresa Bane, Encyclopaedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore (Jefferson: McFarland, 2016) epub.)

Celtic Mythology A to Z, 10.

17 “Selkies: Norse Mermaids”.

18 Patricia Monaghan , The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore (Facts on File Inc.: New York, 2004) 411.

Dr Andrew Jennings, “The Finfolk,” University of the Highlands and Islands, https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/centre-for-nordic-studies/conferences/the- finnfolk.

In this week’s podcast, Rosie and Cathy look into the story of the Seal Hunter and the Merman, considering how the folklore boom in the Victorian era may have influenced this watery tale

In anticipation of Beltane coming up this weekend, we wanted to take you on an audio journey through the celebration of the new spring! Smell the smoke of the fires, hear the drums pounding on the hilltop and watch the May Queen be crowned before a jubilant crowd...

Thanks to Linley for providing the cover art for this episode!

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

MUSIC

Wildlands by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com

Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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]

SOURCES

https://www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/beltane/)

https://andrewcalhoun.com/may-colvin

Smith, Susan J “Bounding the Borders: Claiming Space and Making Place in Rural Scotland” (1993). Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, New Series Vodl 18 No 3, pp291-308.

https://doi.org/10.2307/622461

Henderson, Lizanne, and Edward J. Cowan. Scottish Fairy Belief: a History ; from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century. Tuckwell, 2001.

Manson, Bruce. An examination of Samhain and Beltane rituals in contemporary pagan practice. Diss. Concordia University, 2006.

Castelow, Ellen. “The Green Man.” Historic UK, The History and Heritage Accommodation Guide, 4 July 2017, www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Green-Man/.

Mac Cuilennain, Cormac. Cormac's Glossary. Edited by Whitley Stokes. Translated by John O'Donovan, Calcutta Printed by O. T. Cutter for the Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, 1868. Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924071173474.

Squire, Charles. The Mythology of the British Islands. Wordsworth Editions, 2000.

King James I. Peblis to the Play. 1430 in Gilchrist, John. Collection of Ancient and Modern Scottish ballads, tales and songs. W. Blackwood, 1815. Volume 1(2).

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Belenus

https://beltane.org/about-beltane/

May Queen

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/May-Day-Celebrations/

https://www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/beltane/

https://www.bustle.com/articles/157383-what-is-a-maypole-and-how-is-it-used-a-brief-history-of-this-pagan-fertility

In this week’s podcast, Rosie and Cathy leads us through a discussion of Scotland’s answer to Rumplestiltskin - Whuppity Stoorie. Be wary of deals made with fairy kind…

Thanks to Linley for providing the cover art for this episode!

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

Read Whuppity Stoorie’s story on our website:

https://folklorescotland.com/whuppity-stoorie/

Skye Cuillin Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 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

Meeting the Other Crowd by Eddie Lennihan

https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/they-who-must-not-be-named/

https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/thats-not-my-name-names-power-and-secrecy-in-faery/

https://interestingliterature.com/2017/01/a-summary-and-analysis-of-the-rumpelstiltskin-fairy-tale/

https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/04/strong-fairy-tale-heroines-10-whuppity.html

https://thefairytalecentral.com/the-origins-of-rumpelstiltskin/

https://www.pookpress.co.uk/project/rumpelstiltskin-history/

http://fairies.zeluna.net/2011/11/analysis-of-rumpelstiltskin_06.html

In this week’s podcast, we’re kicking things off in Dumfries and Galloway with the story of Heather Ale before moving up to Edinburgh to hear about King David and the Stag, and lastly finishing up in Dundee with Martin and the Dragon!

Big thanks once again to Linley for bringing the White Lady to life with her stunning artwork!

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

For more on Scottish folklore and history, check out Graeme’s Instagram!

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

Music: Celtics in Disguise by Trabant 33

Liscence code: ASLC-103AAD85-C9A7E63E8D

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 and you can visit our website 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

1. https://www.seedundee.com/see/here-be-dragons-the-story-behind-dundees-famous-dragon-statue/#:~:text=An%20old%20Dundee%20folk%20tale,city's%20apparent%20love%20for%20dragons%E2%80%A6&text=Martin%20was%20furious%20and%20raised,of%20the%20name%20'Strathmartine'.


2. https://www.ddtours.co.uk/tag/the-nine-maidens/


3. https://uncover.travel/dundees-dragon-a-tribute-to-a-mysterious-legend/


4. https://canmore.org.uk/site/31864/balluderon-st-martins-stone

Welcome back to The Folklore Scotland Podcast! We took a brief hiatus last time but we’re back with 3 fantastic stories about ghostly white ladies.

A couple of notes:

- Please excuse the email notifications picked up by the mic!

- Rebecca would also like to correct her use of ‘Chiron’ with ‘Charon’

We’ll be exploring the ghostly ladies from Dundee, St. Andrews and Broughty Ferry with hosts this week Rebecca, Roisin and Mila.

David, Graeme and Linley have also joined us this week for their insights!

Big thanks once again to Linley for bringing the White Lady to life with her stunning artwork!

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

For more on Scottish folklore and history, check out Graeme’s Instagram!

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

Music: Achaidh Cheide Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 and you can visit our website 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

Balgay Bridge

http://www.leisureandculturedundee.com/localhistory/streetwise/balgaypark

https://medium.com/the-dundonian/dundee-culture-ghost-stories-the-white-lady-of-balgay-bridge-171a5174be32

https://folklorescotland.com/the-white-lady-of-balgay-bridge/

Haunted Dundee, Geoff Holder

St. Andrews

https://spookyscotland.net/haunted-saint-andrews-cathedral/
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/259729/st-andrews-chamber-of-corpses-mystery-does-the-ghost-of-the-white-lady-exist-its-not-so-much-a-belief-as-a-reality-says-historian/
https://thestand-online.com/2017/10/31/guide-ghosts-st-andrews/

Brought Ferry 
http://www.jacobites.org.uk/ipad/bonnieDundee.html

https://www.ddtours.co.uk/category/myths-legends/

https://www.ddtours.co.uk/archive/claypotts-castle/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Beaton