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Monsters, lunatics, vampires, werewolves and evil dolls, stones
entombing bodies, faces appearing in walls, curses and meetings
with the Devil - all this and more are contained within this book
of myths and ancient legends. Well-known storytellers Grace Banks
and Sheena Blackhall recount a range of intriguing tales from the
top to the bottom of Scotland, from ancient times to the present
day. Folklore embeds itself in a local community, often to the
extent that some people believe all manner of mysteries and take
them as fact. Whether they're stories passed around the school
playground, through the Internet, or round a flickering campfire,
such legends are everywhere. Scottish Urban Myths and Ancient
Legends is a quirky and downright spooky ride into the heart of
Celtic folklore.
The folklore of the north-east has provided a rich tapestry for the
tales within; from Celtic and Pictish origins meet witches,
selkies, smugglers, fairies, monsters, despicable rogues, riddles
and heroes. Tragic events, spellbinding characters, humour, romance
and clever minds are bound together by two well-established
storytellers living and working in the city and shire of Aberdeen.
Some of the tales in this collection are based on historical fact
while others are embedded in myth and legend. All the stories are
set against the backdrop of this lovely and varied landscape; the
silver city and surrounding farm lands, the forested and
mountainous terrain through which the River Dee flows, the rolling,
gentler land surrounding the meandering River Don and the beautiful
but sometimes forbidding Aberdeenshire coastline. Sheena and Grace
have both been inspired in their storytelling and singing by the
traveller, raconteur and balladeer, Stanley Robertson.
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The Doric Gruffalo (Paperback)
Axel Scheffler; Illustrated by Julia Donaldson; Translated by Sheena Blackhall
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Now Available in Doric Scots Everybody loves The Gruffalo and now
you can enjoy this children's classic for the very first time in
Doric Scots! Translated by Sheena Blackhall and published by Itchy
Coo, this new edition of The Gruffalo will delight both children
and adults alike. "A moose tuik a dander ben the wid. A tod saw the
moose, and the moose luiked guid." Come a wee bit farrer intae thon
deep mirk wid, an fin oot fit happens fin the sleekit moose faas in
wi a hoolet, a snake an a hungry gruffalo ...
The Gruffalo quo, "Ye'll dae as I bid -- Niver set fit in the deep
derk wid." Bit ae snawy nicht the Gruffalo's Bairn ignores fit her
faither has tellt her an tip-taes oot intae the cauld. Eftir aa,
there's nae sic thing as the Muckle Coorse Moose...is there? In
2015, following on from the huge success of James Robertson's Scots
translation of The Gruffalo, Itchy Coo published four dialect
versions: the Orkney, Shetland, Doric and Dundee Gruffalos have all
proved immensely popular as celebrations of the Scots language's
astonishing regional diversity. Sheena Blackhall's Doric version of
The Gruffalo is now followed by The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn. A
cautionary tale about what happens when a small Gruffalo leaves the
comfort of its cave and sets off into the dark wood on a wintry
night, this is sure to be another big hit in the North-East and
with Doric speakers wherever they bide.
These two novellas - on related themes but very different in
approach and narrative voice - are bound back to back or
'heelstergowdie', the Scots for 'back to front' or 'head over
heels'. Loon, by Sheena Blackhall, tells the story of Donnie
Paterson and how his troubled life is turned around by the
discovery of his missing grandfather in a retirement home and a
holiday in the Highlands where he hears a strange story that
becomes the key to solving his problems. In Gilbert McGlinchy, by
Hamish MacDonald, the eponymous narrator has the weight of the
world's woes on his shoulders so sets out to make his drab
Clydebank surroundings exotic by embarking on a story-telling
journey - the rationale for which only slowly unfolds. Presented in
a single volume, these two novellas meet, quite literally, halfway.
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