Travellers Tales of Scotland (Classic Reprint)

Travellers Tales of Scotland (Classic Reprint)
Author: Robert Hay Coats
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2018-02-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780267655113

Excerpt from Travellers Tales of Scotland IN preparing the following sketches I have been much helped by the work of Professor Hume Brown, whose Early Travellers in Scotland and Scotland Before I 7 00 contain the older narratives in an admirably edited and conveniently accessible form. The article on Captain Burt first appeared in Chwmbers's Journal, and I have to thank the editor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Scottish Traveller Tales

Scottish Traveller Tales
Author: Donald Braid
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2002
Genre: Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people)
ISBN: 9781578064502

The only book that closely examines this fascinating storytelling culture of Scotland

Way of the Wanderers

Way of the Wanderers
Author: Jess Smith
Publisher: Birlinn
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2012-11-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0857905651

'Jess reveals a way of life that leaves the reader full of admiration' - Mary Horner Scottish Gypsies, known as Travellers or Tinkers, have wandered Scotland's roads and byways for centuries. Their turbulent history is captured in this passionate new book by Jess Smith, the bestselling author of Jessie's Journey and a Traveller herself. Her quest for the truth takes her on a personal journey of discovery through the tales, songs and culture of the 'pilgrims of the mist', who preferred freedom to security, and a campfire under the stars to a hearth within stone walls. The history Jess has uncovered reveals centuries of prejudice and shocking violence by settled society against Travellers, including the enforced break-up of families and separate schooling. But drawing on her own and her family's experiences as they wandered the glens and braes of Scotland, she also captures the magic and rich traditions of a life lived outside conventional boundaries.

Jack and the Devil's Purse

Jack and the Devil's Purse
Author: Duncan Williamson
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2011-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0857900536

A collection of Scottish Traveller folk tales about the Devil from “Scotland’s greatest modern-day storyteller” (The Guardian (UK)). Devil stories are always fascinating, entertaining, and disturbing. These twenty tales, re-told by one of Scotland’s master storytellers, are a fascinating insight into Traveller beliefs about evil, temptation, and suffering in which the Devil exists not to punish, but to outwit you in a contest of intelligence and knowledge. This collection is an expanded edition of Duncan Williamson’s bestselling May the Devil Walk Behind Ye!, originally published by Canongate. Praise for Jack and the Devil’s Purse “An important part of our heritage to be treasured and shared.” —Scottish Home and Country (UK) “Duncan is a first-class storyteller.” —Northern Times (UK) “Superbly handled, as you would expect from this acknowledged master of storytelling.” —The Scots Magazine (UK)

Faerie Trails and Traveller Tales

Faerie Trails and Traveller Tales
Author: BOB. KNIGHT
Publisher: Deveron Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2018-03-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781910601464

Debut collection of short stories in Scots/Doric by acclaimed Aberdonian singer/songwriter Bob Knight drawing on the rich oral history of North East Scotland.

Pilgrims of the Mist

Pilgrims of the Mist
Author: Sheila Stewart
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2008
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Sheila Stewart, singer, storyteller and author, is one of the last in the line of Scotland's travelling people. Here, she gathers from family and friends this collection of travellers' tales. These are the stories that she and her parents used to listen to by the camp fire as the shadows of night clustered around.

Family Matters

Family Matters
Author: Drew Grozier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2011
Genre: Short stories, Australian
ISBN: 9781921456565

Drew Grozier presents a collection of short stories and verse, some of which were read live to air on Toowoomba radio in 2010. The collection also includes a handful of poems written by the author's sister, E. S. Munn of Dunipace, Scotland. The author makes no apology for the use of the Lallans in some of the verse herein. However, recognizing that the majority of the peoples of the Earth read only standard English, and wishing to share his stories with as wide an audience as possible, most of the included works are in the latter speak. However, his love of the old Scots tongue being equalled only by his passion for strong women, single malt whisky and the road before him, ensures that there will always be some part of his work that is forever Scotland.