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Would you go fishing on Halloween night? That's when demons walk the Earth, and nobody is truly safe... But Murdo McTaggart doesn't believe in superstitions like that, and he heads out to catch fish while the other villagers go to church. He'll come to regret that mistake as the Devil - Auld Clootie himself - comes to him in the form of 13 tone-deaf cats.

Have a spooky time with today's Scottish folk tale! Apologies for the changes to the usual schedule - I'm recovering from an appendicectomy (having my appendix removed) so I've had to move things around a bit.

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Level: Beginner

Genre: Horror.

Vocabulary: Demon, Fisherman, Superstition, Fur, Disappear, Bone, Stab, Scratch, Bite, Priest, Holy water.

Setting: Scotland.

Word Count: 1423.

Author: Ariel Goodbody.

00:00 Intro

01:09 Pumpkin Day?

02:28 Vocabulary descriptions

02:32 Demon

03:12 Fisherman

03:30 Superstition

04:10 Fur

04:24 Disappear

04:47 Bone

05:09 Stab

05:35 Scratch and bite

06:01 Priest

06:16 Holy water

06:52 The Demon Cats

08:02 Murdo ignores the warnings

09:14 Something dark is coming...

10:13 The cats sing a cumha

11:48 The first gift

12:32 Another 'song'

13:20 Another offering

13:54 More singing?!

14:57 A clever trick

16:11 A fight to the death?

17:07 A cry for help

18:01 Just in time!

19:32 Outro

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