Author : Donald Braid
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 34,69 MB
Release : 2002-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781934110980
The only book that closely examines this fascinating storytelling culture of Scotland
Author : Donald Braid
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,98 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people)
ISBN : 9781578064502
The only book that closely examines this fascinating storytelling culture of Scotland
Author : Jess Smith
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 18,64 MB
Release : 2012-11-05
Category : 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.
Author : Duncan Williamson
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 15,39 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1847675050
Introduced by Barbara McDermitt The telling of tales and the oral tradition in Scotland has long and honourable history, both in the annals of the folk and in the more formal pages of literary publication. Writers as different as Hogg, Scott, Stevenson, Cunninghame Graham, Buchan, Grassic Gibbon and Alasdair Gray have all drawn on the form or the voice or the features of the folk tale. Duncan Williamson, arguably the greatest traditional tale teller in modern times, is a master of this spellbinding art, and here in a single volume Linda Williamson has gathered together some of the most memorable tales in his repertoire. Transcribed from recorded sessions for the sound archives of the School of Scottish Studies, these twenty-six stories give us privileged access to the travellers’ fireside with stories of talking animals; of the broonie, selkies and fairies; of cunning Jack’s adventures; of kings and giants in long tales for the winter nights. ‘An extraordinary collection of stories.’ The Scotsman ‘Exemplary and delightful . . . [Williamson] is the inheritor of a rich and vital oral tradition . . . and is recognised as a master narrator.’ Times Educational Supplement ‘ . . . the bearer of the richest oral tradition in Europe.’ Herald
Author : Duncan Williamson
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 33,60 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0857909592
Duncan Williamson was a Scottish traveller who went on to become one of Britain's master story-tellers. During his lifetime he was acclaimed 'the greatest English-speaking storyteller', 'the national monument of British storytelling' and, at his death, Scotland's 'greatest contemporary storyteller'. Fireside Tales, his first book, reveals this artistry and mastery in all its glory. This new edition is edited by his wife, Linda Williamson. Fireside Tales is narrated with an intense commitment to generations of the travelling people, who used animal fables, wonder tales and splendid horror stories to instil in their children moral judgment and a knowledge of right and wrong. At every corner the technical skill of the narrator is revealed, his ingenious mixture of conversation and action, frequent change of pace, use of the first person – all attributes of the born storyteller which compel attention, where tension and excitement are at fever pitch throughout. With a universality that can relate to every reader, this book represents one of the great collections of traveller stories.
Author : Duncan Williamson
Publisher : Floris Books
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 17,49 MB
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1782500278
Duncan Williamson, one of Scotland's Travelling People, has been celebrated as the bearer of Scotland's greatest national treasure: the richest trove of story and song in Europe. In this collection, he passes on some of these wonderful children's folk and fairy tales, collected from sixty years of travelling around Scotland. This collection includes stories about silver horses and golden birds, cunning lions and trilling nightingales, brave princesses and magic scarecrows, the four seasons and old Father Time. At the heart of each story is a lesson about life and what it means to be a good person. The stories have been written down as faithfully as possible to Duncan's unique storytelling voice, full of colour, humour and life.
Author : BOB. KNIGHT
Publisher : Deveron Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 22,13 MB
Release : 2018-03-26
Category :
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.
Author : Jess Smith
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 11,87 MB
Release : 2012-05-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0857901796
Tales from the Tent continues Jess Smith's story from the first book in the series, Jessie's Journey. Jess has left school, and after a miserable spell working in a paper-mill, she abandons the settled life and takes to the roads once more. The old bus has gone, to be replaced by a caravan and campsites. Times are changing, and it is becoming harder and harder for travellers to make a living by doing the rounds of seasonal jobs like the berry-picking. Conscious that the old way of life was disappearing before her eyes, Jess stored up as much as she could gather from the rich folklore of the travellers' world. Now she retells some of the many stories and songs she heard by the campfire or at the tent's mouth. Interwoven with these tales is the story of Jess and her life on the road - her first loves, her friendships, her days at the hawking and berry-picking, the exploits of her lovable but infuriating family, the unforgettable characters she meets.
Author : Tom Muir
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 23,22 MB
Release : 2014-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0750955333
The Orkney Islands are a place of mystery and magic, where the past and the present meet, ancient standing stones walk and burial mounds are the home of the trows. Orkney Folk Tales walks the reader across invisible islands that are home to fin folk and mermaids, and seals that are often far more than they appear to be. Here Orkney witches raise storms and predict the outcome of battles, ghosts seek revenge and the Devil sits in the rafters of St Magnus Cathedral, taking notes! Using ancient tales told by the firesides of the Picts and Vikings, storyteller Tom Muir takes the reader on a magical journey where he reveals how the islands were created from the teeth of a monster, how a giant built lochs and hills in his greed for fertile land, and how the waves are controlled by the hand of a goddess.
Author : Bertha Whitridge Smith
Publisher :
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 25,27 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Europe
ISBN :
