Scottish Folk Tales Explained

Scottish Folk Tales
Author:	Ruth Manning-Sanders
Cover Artist:	William Stobbs
Illustrator:	William Stobbs
Country:	Great Britain
Language:	English
Genre:	Fairy Tales
Publisher:	Methuen & Co.
Release Date:	1976
Media Type:	Print (hardcover)
Pages:	128 pp
Isbn:	0-416-82580-X
Oclc:	2861309

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

• 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.

See also

• Brownie
• Fairy
• Kelpie
• Loch Ness
• Merman
• Sea serpent
• Selkie

Notes and References

1. Book: Manning-Sanders, Ruth . Scottish folk tales . . 1976 . 0-416-82580-X.