I've been thinking a lot about home and the many different meanings and feelings that can have, so this episode is full of stories and songs and thought around this theme. There's a selkie longing for the sea, dancing trees, a lost fisherman, a fostered changeling and tales of second sight. The songs you'll hear are sung by me, accompanied and produced by Laura Gekiere, with Ian Kinnear on pipes and Helena De Cauwer on harp. If any of the stories, songs or themes from this episode sturck a chord with you, let us know in the comments! If you'd like to attend my performance at VoiceFest in Brechin, the link is here: <a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/voicefestcic/2293082">Buy tickets – Family Event: Storyteller, Eileen Budd – Brechin Cathedral</a>If you'd like to find us on instagram we are: @eileenbudd @vitrifrancesca and @medinktation I have some seasonal folklore books out, you can find them here:<a href="https://www.wideopensea.co.uk/">Wide Open Sea</a>

I've been thinking a lot about home and the many different meanings and feelings that can have, so this episode is full of stories and songs and thought around this theme. There's a selkie longing for the sea, dancing trees, a lost fisherman, a fostered changeling and tales of second sight. The songs you'll hear are sung by me, accompanied and produced by Laura Gekiere, with Ian Kinnear on pipes and Helena De Cauwer on harp. If any of the stories, songs or themes from this episode sturck a chord with you, let us know in the comments! If you'd like to attend my performance at VoiceFest in Brechin, the link is here: Buy tickets – Family Event: Storyteller, Eileen Budd – Brechin CathedralIf you'd like to find us on instagram we are: @eileenbudd @vitrifrancesca and @medinktation I have some seasonal folklore books out, you can find them here:Wide Open Sea

I've been thinking a lot about home and the many different meanings and feelings that can have, so this episode is full of stories and songs and thought around this theme. There's a selkie longing for the sea, dancing trees, a lost fisherman, a fostered changeling and tales of second sight. The songs you'll hear are sung by me, accompanied and produced by Laura Gekiere, with Ian Kinnear on pipes and Helena&nbsp;De Cauwer on harp. If any of the stories, songs or themes from this episode sturck a chord with you, let us know in the comments! If you'd like to attend my performance at VoiceFest in Brechin, the link is here: <a href="https://www.tickettailor.com/events/voicefestcic/2293082" rel="noopener noreferrer">Buy tickets – Family Event: Storyteller, Eileen Budd – Brechin Cathedral</a>If you'd like to find us on instagram we are: @eileenbudd @vitrifrancesca and @medinktation I have some seasonal folklore books out, you can find them here:<a href="https://www.wideopensea.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wide Open Sea</a>

The Home Episode

Witches, Selkies, a vengeful Brownie, how the Caledonian Forest grew and lots more traditional Scottish folk stories, as requested by you.

Some Traditional Tales

A collection of stories passed to me that I’m passing to you, including an origin tale, a fierce water spirit, faithful hounds, Scottish ancestral folk tradition and nature spirits.

Some folklore

A true mystery from history. In 1938 two gamekeepers found the headless body of a man dressed in a business suit on the South East slopes of Ben Avon, one of the most isolated and remote locations of the Cairngorms.

Mystery Man of Ben Avon

Stories from Scottish history about illicit stills, smugglers and going legit. Also a wee folktale from Balloch and the Scottish love story that started the Japanese whisky industry.

Whisky Stories

The Hermit of Kinpurnie, Ferreting, A 19th century notorious poacher, an accidental Bronze Age find and evasive women poachers.

Poaching

A wee collection of stories about found poems, ouija boards, cursed arrows and what it meant to be a wayward woman in 17th Century Scotland

The Weird

The very 1st episode of The Scottish Folk Podcast, featuring ancient legends of warriors, mystical islands & a Dundee love charmer called Spunky Janet.

The very 1st episode of The Scottish Folk Podcast, featuring ancient legends of warriors, mystical islands &amp; a Dundee love charmer called Spunky Janet.

The 1st episode of The Scottish Folk Podcast with storyteller: Eileen Budd

A podcast full of Scottish folklore, folk history and folk traditions brought to you by Scottish Storyteller and author, Eileen Budd

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