Shetland Folk Tales

LAWRENCE TULLOCH was born in North Yell in 1942 and was introduced to storytelling by his aunt and his father. His interest in folklore led to him making several radio broadcasts, and he wrote for magazines and local papers. He had four books published and left two written but not published when he sadly passed away in February 2017. As a storyteller he travelled extensively, to Washington USA, the Faroe Islands, Sweden, Norway, Slovenia, Ireland and Orkney, and he participated in several Scottish festivals including the International Storytelling Festival in Edinburgh and Celtic Connections in Glasgow. He recorded two tapes of stories and had them remastered to CDs. He enjoyed telling stories and loved the audience reaction which always left a twinkle in his eye.

• TitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 The Fetlar Finnman2 The Netted Mermaid3 The Laughing Merman4 The Mermaid Who Loved a Fisherman5 The Blacksmith and the Njuggel6 Martha7 The Seal on the Vee Skerries8 Mallie and the Trow9 The White Cat10 The Raven11 The Fiddler and the Cows12 Tommy and the Wicked Witch13 The Butter Stone14 Witch Against Witch15 A Spanish Ship Visits16 The Fairy’s Wine Well17 The Gloup Disaster18 Flokki of the Ravens19 The Cow Killers20 The Marriage of Hughie Brown21 The Half Gruney Lasses22 Gibby Law23 Sheep Thieves24 The First Midges25 Da Hallamas Mareel26 Ursula27 The Mouse and the Wren28 Ruud29 The Sad End of Grotti Finnie30 The Cats and the Christening31 Einar the Fowler32 Erik and the Shark33 The Boy That Came From the Ground34 The Poisoned Sixpence35 Black Eric of Fitful Head36 The Eagle and the Child37 The Minister’s Meeting38 Singna Geo39 The Death of James Smith40 Sigmund of Gord41 The Woman with the Red Hand42 The Snuff Taker43 The Three Yells44 The Funeral Ghosts45 The Skull46 Norway’s First Troll47 Midwife to the Trow48 Katie Lottie49 Kidnapped by the Trows50 Feeding the Trows51 Winyadepla52 The Borrowed Boat53 Christmas at Windhouse54 Farkar’s Pig55 In Aboot da Nite