The 30 stories, poems and tales in this volume have been handed down for centuries by word of mouth from generation to generation by professional story-tellers, who travelled the highlands and islands, more often by foot, from village to village, or clachan to clachan, earning a night's shelter by giving a night's entertainment

These 30 tales are accompanied by 38 pen and ink drawings plus 11 illustrated end-pieces.
The 30 tales and stories in this volume are:

• Thomas The Rhymer
• Gold-Tree And Silver-Tree
• Whippety-Stourie
• The Red-Etin
• The Seal Catcher And The Merman
• The Page-Boy And The Silver Goblet
• The Black Bull Of Norroway
• The Wee Bannock
• The Elfin Knight
• What To Say To The New Mune
• Habetrot The Spinstress
• Nippit Fit And Clippit Fit
• The Fairies Of Merlin's Crag
• The Wedding Of Robin Redbreast And Jenny Wren
• The Dwarfie Stone
• Canonbie Dick And Thomas Of Ercildoune
• The Laird O' Co'
• Poussie Baudrons
• The Milk-White Doo
• The Draiglin' Hogney
• The Brownie O' Ferne-Den
• The Witch Of Fife
• Assipattle And The Mester Stoorworm
• The Fox And The Wolf
• Katherine Crackernuts
• Times To Sneeze
• The Well O' The World's End
• Farquhar Macneill
• Peerifool
• Birthdays

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