Scottish Folk Tales

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Scottish Folk Tales
Scottish Folk Tales cover
First edition
AuthorRuth Manning-Sanders
IllustratorWilliam Stobbs
Cover artistWilliam Stobbs
CountryGreat Britain
LanguageEnglish
GenreFairy Tales
PublisherMethuen & Co.
Publication date
1976
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages128 pp
ISBN0-416-82580-X
OCLC2861309

Scottish Folk Tales is a 1976 anthology of 18 fairy tales from Scotland that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.[1]

Table of contents[edit]

  • Foreword
  • 1. My own self
  • 2. The Laird of Co
  • 3. The shadow
  • 4. The wee bit mousikie
  • 5. Green caps
  • 6. The Well at the World's End
  • 7. The seal-wife
  • 8. The little wee man
  • 9. The Black Bull of Norroway
  • 10. Whirra whirra bump!
  • 11. Mester Stoorworm
  • 12. Flitting
  • 13. The Loch Ness Kelpie
  • 14. Short Hoggers
  • 15. Seven Inches
  • 16. In a sack
  • 17. The seal-hunter and the mermen
  • 18. The Strange Visitor

Note: Inconsistencies in the capitalization of various title words are correct, per the book's contents page.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Manning-Sanders, Ruth (1976). Scottish folk tales. Methuen & Co. ISBN 0-416-82580-X.