The Scottish Fairy Book


Read by Nan Dodge

(4.8 stars; 17 reviews)

This book of Scottish fairy tales tells of brownies, fairies, and apparitions, bogies, witches, kelpies, and tales told about a mysterious region under the sea, "far below the abode of fishes," where the Mermaids and Mermen live. There are stories of the Brownie, magical animal tales where the animals are endowed with the power of speech, tales of enchantment, and legendary stories, half real, half mythical. The author has tried to make a representative collection from these different classes of Scottish Folklore, choosing the tales that are the least well known. - Summary by Nan Dodge, taken from the introduction. (6 hr 34 min)

Chapters

Preface 6:12 Read by Nan Dodge
Thomas the Rhymer 21:46 Read by Nan Dodge
Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree 22:02 Read by Nan Dodge
Whippety-Stourie 11:23 Read by Nan Dodge
The Red-Etin 20:41 Read by Nan Dodge
The Seal Catcher and the Merman 12:27 Read by Nan Dodge
The Page-boy and the Silver Goblet 8:57 Read by Nan Dodge
The Black Bull of Norroway 26:56 Read by Nan Dodge
The Wee Bannock 10:20 Read by Nan Dodge
The Elfin Knight 17:09 Read by Nan Dodge
What to Say to the New Mune 0:39 Read by Nan Dodge
Habetrot the Spinstress 20:24 Read by Nan Dodge
Nippit Fit and Clippit Fit 7:17 Read by Nan Dodge
The Fairies of Merlin's Crag 9:11 Read by Nan Dodge
The Wedding of Robin Redbreast and Jenny Wren 6:44 Read by Nan Dodge
The Dwarfie Stone 27:21 Read by Nan Dodge
Canonbie Dick and Thomas of Ercildoune 12:45 Read by Nan Dodge
The Laird o' Co' 8:50 Read by Nan Dodge
Poussie Baudrons 0:44 Read by Nan Dodge
The Milk-White Doo 8:16 Read by Nan Dodge
The Draiglin' Hogney 10:13 Read by Nan Dodge
The Brownie o' Ferne-Den 9:27 Read by Nan Dodge
The Witch of Fife 11:34 Read by Nan Dodge
Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm 33:44 Read by Nan Dodge
The Fox and the Wolf 10:23 Read by Nan Dodge
Katherine Crackernuts 22:04 Read by Nan Dodge
Times to Sneeze 0:43 Read by Nan Dodge
The Well o' the World's End 6:25 Read by Nan Dodge
Farquhar MacNeill 8:05 Read by Nan Dodge
Peerifool 21:17 Read by Nan Dodge
Birthdays 0:49 Read by Nan Dodge

Reviews

Interesting


(4 stars)

it's interesting how many of our well known fairy tales clearly came from some of these!

Wonderfully read


(5 stars)

Scottish rhyme too. I bet these are original rhymes.


(5 stars)

well written and well-read. thoroughly enjoyable