Stories of Scotland

Jenny and Annie take a dance across the mythologies of the northern lights of Scotland. Upon finding their Scots legends of the aurora borealis, they end up rather unexpectedly in the Battle of Flodde...

14 Jan 202136min

In this episode, Annie and Jenny take a festive Yuletide jaunt around Christmas time traditions in Scotland. We take a look at the almost completely lost highland tradition of the Clach an Groait ston...

24 Dec 202035min

References:We read an extract from the Shetland Times published on the 31st January 1903.For discussing the saga, we read Last of the Free by James Hunter and Caithness in Sagas by Edward J Cowan. The...

30 Nov 202034min

Jenny has just returned from a holiday to Orkney and shares her experiences of visiting Skara Brae, a beautifully preserved stone age village. Annie uncovers the early archaeology of the site, and Jen...

19 Nov 202036min

Read about the Baobhan Sith in The Gaelic Otherworld edited Ronald Black, which uses the text from Superstitions of the Highlands Islands by John Gregorson Campbell. Listen to more about MacPhee and h...

31 Okt 202033min

Annie and Jenny take a gentle stroll through Chapel Yard Cemetery in Inverness and think about the stories that graveyards tell us. They encounter a succourer, a short snake, and a new perspective on ...

27 Okt 202031min

The majority of research for this episode came from original archival material.The front page of the newspaper discussing the missing livestock is the Inverness Courier from 28 November 1861.The court...

6 Okt 202046min

For the Lùnastal or Lammas Day traditions, we used ‘Old Scottish Customs: Local and General” by Ellen Emma Guthrie published in 1885.archive.org/details/oldscottishcusto00guthuoftListen to the oral hi...

28 Sep 202038min