The Fairy and the Miller's Wife One of the children reached out to touch her, trying to take a hold of the gold hanging loosely around her figure. The child’s fists closed around air, grasping nothing at all. She couldn’t touch the lady. By Liana Paraschaki One day, one gloomy…
The Wee Bannock It ran and ran, until it came across another large cottage that had just been newly thatched, and seeing the door open, the bannock took refuge inside; it ran right across the floor towards a fire that was burning in the first room it came to. By…
The Fearsome Redcaps of The Scottish Borders You see, Red Caps live in the ruined and abandoned castles and forts in the Borders, especially ones where battles and particularly grisly events happened. By Kieran of Generally Spooky A part of the Unseelie Court, Redcaps are fearsome creatures who most certainly…
The Red Etin His mother said she would make him a cake for his journey and sent him off with a bucket to fetch some water. He didn’t realise that there was a wee hole in this bucket, so by the time he got back home it was only half…
Whuppity Stoorie “Pitter patter, Haly Watter.” Then from her pocket she drew a small bottle with something oily inside it and daubed the liquid around the sow’s snout, behind her ears, and on the tip of her tail. Words by Rosie YoungIllustration by Linley Barba In the borderlands village of…
Michael Scott & The White Snake Before Michael Scott became the legendary Borders Wizard who cleaved the Eildon Hill into three, he was just an ordinary young man who enjoyed walking the old tracks through forests and over hills. By Graeme Johncock Before Michael Scott became the legendary Borders Wizard…
The Worm of Linton Upon arriving at what Sommerville took to be the lair of the beast he..... By David White The Worm of Linton while unsurprisingly being from Linton was not what you would typically think of as a worm. That is unless your garden is packed with 10…
The Brownie's Coat He leapt off the horse outside the house of the mid-wife and banged upon her door. Upon answering the mid-wife.... Words by David WhiteIllustration by Linley Barba The brownie is a creature most dear to the hearts of the great Scottish families, for while shaggy, short and…
Thomas the Rhymer He leapt off the horse outside the house of the mid-wife and banged upon her door. Upon answering the mid-wife.... By Charles John Tibitts Written 1890 Illustration by Linley Barba As Thomas lay on Huntly Bank (a place on the descent of the Eildon Hills, which raise…
The Brownie's Coat (early text) This an older and briefer text depicting the tale of the Border brownie. Good for those looking for less of a story and more a summary of events. By George Douglas The Scottish Brownie formed a class of beings distinct in habit and disposition from the…